ACOS(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual ACOS(3)
NAME
acos, acosf -- arc cosine functions
LIBRARY
Math Library (libm, -lm)
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double
acos(double x);
float
acosf(float x);
DESCRIPTION
The acos() and the acosf() functions compute the principal value of the
arc cosine of x. A domain error occurs for arguments not in the range
[-1, +1]. For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).
RETURN VALUES
The acos() and the acosf() functions return the arc cosine in the range
[0, pi] radians. If:
|x| > 1,
acos(x) raises an invalid exception and returns an NaN.
SEE ALSO
asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), fenv(3), math(3), sin(3),
sinh(3), tan(3), tanh(3)
STANDARDS
The acos() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').
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