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Interface

#include <math.h>

	double	asin (double x)
	long	asinl (long double x)
	float	asinf (float x)

#include <complex.h>

	complex	asin (complex x)
	double complex	casin (complex x)
	float complex	casinf (float complex x)
	long double complex	casinl (long double complex x)

Description

The asin function computes the principal value of the arc sine of x in the range , returning a value in the interval . The arc sine is also often called the inverse sine and is denoted by .

The complex inverse sine is defined by:

Example 1:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  double result, x = 0.289;
  result = asin(x);
  printf("The arc sin of %lf is %lf\n", x, result);
  return 0;
}

Output:

The arc sin of 0.289000 is 0.293182

Special Values

asin ( 0 ) returns 0.
asin ( x ) returns a NaN and raises the invalid floating-point exception for |x| > 1.

See Also

acos, atan, atan2, cos, cosh, sin, sinh, tan, tanh

Standards

The asin function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E).

Compatibility

	DOS	UNIX	Windows	ANSI C	C++ only
asinl	•		•
asinf	•	•	•
Real asin	•	•	•	•
Complex asin	•		•		•
Complex casin		•			•

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