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.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)acos.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91
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.\" $NetBSD: acos.3,v 1.11 1999/07/02 15:37:35 simonb Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd May 2, 1991
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.Dt ACOS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm acos
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.Nd arc cosine function
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <math.h>
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.Ft double
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.Fn acos "double x"
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.Ft float
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.Fn acosf "float x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn acos
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and
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.Fn acosf
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functions compute the principal value of the arc cosine of
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.Fa x
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in the range
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.Bq 0 , \*(Pi .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If |x|>1,
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.Fn acos "x"
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and
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.Fn acosf "x"
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.\" POSIX_MODE
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set the global variable
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.Va errno
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to EDOM.
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.\" SYSV_MODE
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.\" call
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.\" .Xr matherr 3 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sin 3 ,
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.Xr cos 3 ,
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.Xr tan 3 ,
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.Xr asin 3 ,
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.Xr atan 3 ,
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.Xr atan2 3 ,
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.Xr sinh 3 ,
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.Xr cosh 3 ,
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.Xr tanh 3 ,
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.Xr math 3
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.\" .Xr matherr 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn acos
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function conforms to
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.St -ansiC .
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