NAME¶

atanh, atanhf, atanhl - inverse hyperbolic tangent function

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <math.h>

double atanh(double x);
 
float atanhf(float x);
 
long double atanhl(long double x);

Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
atanh(): atanhf(), atanhl():

DESCRIPTION¶

The atanh() function calculates the inverse hyperbolic tangent of x; that is the value whose hyperbolic tangent is x.

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, these functions return the inverse hyperbolic tangent of x. If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned. If x is +0 (-0), +0 (-0) is returned. If x is +1 or -1, a pole error occurs, and the functions return HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively, with the mathematically correct sign. If the absolute value of x is greater than 1, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned.

ERRORS¶

See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. The following errors can occur:

Domain error: x less than -1 or greater than +1

errno is set to EDOM. An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised.

Pole error: x is +1 or -1

errno is set to ERANGE (but see BUGS). A divide-by-zero floating-point exception (FE_DIVBYZERO) is raised.

CONFORMING TO¶

C99, POSIX.1-2001. The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.

BUGS¶

In glibc 2.9 and earlier, when a pole error occurs, errno as set to EDOM instead of the POSIX-mandated ERANGE. Since version 2.10, glibc does the right thing.

SEE ALSO¶

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

COLOPHON¶

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