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Linux / Unix Command: atanh
Command Library

NAME

atanh - inverse hyperbolic tangent function  

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double atanh(double x);
 

DESCRIPTION

The atanh() function calculates the inverse hyperbolic tangent of x; that is the value whose hyperbolic tangent is x. If the absolute value of x is greater than 1.0, acosh() returns not-a-number (NaN) and errno is set.  

ERRORS

EDOM
x is out of range.
 

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899  

SEE ALSO

asinh(3), acosh(3), cosh(3), sinh(3), tanh(3)


Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.

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