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Landon Curt Noll fdbf53d7e8 add vercos(), avercos(), covercos(), acovercos()
Improved trig help files.

Added new vercos(x, [,eps]) for versed cosine and covercos(x, [,eps])
for inverse versed cosine.

Added new avercos(x, [,eps]) for inverse versed cosine and acovercos(x, [,eps])
for inverse coversed cosine.
2023-09-06 00:52:37 -07:00

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NAME
asin - inverse trigonometric sine
SYNOPSIS
asin(x [,eps])
TYPES
x number (real or complex)
eps 0 < real < 1, defaults to epsilon()
return real
DESCRIPTION
Returns the inverse sine of x to a multiple of eps with error less in
absolute value than .75 * eps.
v = asin(x) is the number in [-pi/2, pi/2] for which sin(v) = x.
EXAMPLE
; print asin(.5, 1e-5), asin(.5, 1e-10), asin(.5, 1e-15), asin(.5, 1e-20)
0.5236 0.5235987756 0.523598775598299 0.52359877559829887308
; print asin(5), asin(5i)
1.57079632679489661923-2.2924316695611776878i 2.31243834127275262025i
; print asin(5+5i)
0.78039857998538412279+2.64919617780647114961i
LIMITS
0 < eps < 1
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qasin(NUMBER *q, NUMBER *epsilon)
COMPLEX *c_asin(COMPLEX *c, NUMBER *epsilon)
SEE ALSO
sin, cos, tan, cot, sec, csc
acos, atan, acot, asec, acsc
versin, coversin, vercos, avercos
aversin, acoversin, covercos, acovercos
epsilon
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