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35 .TH ATANH 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
37 atanh, atanhf, atanhl \- inverse hyperbolic tangent function
42 .BI "double atanh(double " x );
43 .BI "float atanhf(float " x );
44 .BI "long double atanhl(long double " x );
50 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
51 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
56 _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
57 || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
58 .\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
59 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
60 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
66 _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
67 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
68 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
71 These functions calculate the inverse hyperbolic tangent of
73 that is the value whose hyperbolic tangent is
76 On success, these functions return the inverse hyperbolic tangent of
81 is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
85 is +0 (\-0), +0 (\-0) is returned.
91 and the functions return
96 respectively, with the mathematically correct sign.
98 If the absolute value of
101 a domain error occurs,
102 and a NaN is returned.
104 .\" POSIX.1-2001 documents an optional range error for subnormal x;
105 .\" glibc 2.8 does not do this.
109 for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
110 when calling these functions.
112 The following errors can occur:
114 Domain error: \fIx\fP less than \-1 or greater than +1
118 An invalid floating-point exception
122 Pole error: \fIx\fP is +1 or \-1
127 A divide-by-zero floating-point exception
131 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
139 Interface Attribute Value
144 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
150 C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
152 The variant returning
157 In glibc 2.9 and earlier,
158 .\" Bug: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6759
159 .\" This can be seen in sysdeps/ieee754/k_standard.c
160 when a pole error occurs,
164 instead of the POSIX-mandated
166 Since version 2.10, glibc does the right thing.