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NAME
acsc - inverse trigonometric cosecant
SYNOPSIS
acsc(x [,eps])
TYPES
x real, with absolute value >= 1
eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return real
DESCRIPTION
Returns the acsc of x to a multiple of eps with error less in
absolute value than .75 * eps.
v = acsc(x) is the number in [-pi/2, pi/2] for which csc(v) = x.
EXAMPLE
; print acsc(2, 1e-5), acsc(2, 1e-10), acsc(2, 1e-15), acsc(2, 1e-20)
0.5236 0.5235987756 0.523598775598299 0.52359877559829887308
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qacsc(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
SEE ALSO
asin, acos, atan, asec, acot, epsilon
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