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ACOS (3)

arc cosine function

SYNOPSIS

    #include <math.h>
      double acos(double  x );  
    

DESCRIPTION

    The acos() function calculates the arc cosine of x; that is the value whose cosine is x. If x falls outside the range -1 to 1, acos() fails and errno is set.

RETURN VALUE

    The acos() function returns the arc cosine in radians and the value is mathematically defined to be between 0 and PI (inclusive).

ERRORS

    EDOM

      x is out of range.

CONFORMING TO

    SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

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