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# acosh, acoshf, acoshl

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< c‎ | numeric‎ | math

Defined in header `<math.h>` |  |
float acoshf( float arg ); | (1) | (since C99)
double acosh( double arg ); | (2) | (since C99)
long double acoshl( long double arg ); | (3) | (since C99)
Defined in header `<tgmath.h>` |  |
#define acosh( arg ) | (4) | (since C99)

1-3) Computes the inverse hyperbolic cosine of `arg`.
4) Type-generic macro: If the argument has type long double, `acoshl` is called. Otherwise, if the argument has integer type or the type double, `acosh` is called. Otherwise, `acoshf` is called. If the argument is complex, then the macro invokes the corresponding complex function (cacoshf, cacosh, cacoshl).

### [edit] Parameters

arg | - | floating point value representing the area of a hyperbolic sector

### [edit] Return value

If no errors occur, the inverse hyperbolic cosine of `arg` (cosh-1
(arg), or arcosh(arg)) on the interval [0, +∞], is returned.

If a domain error occurs, an implementation-defined value is returned (NaN where supported).

### [edit] Error handling

Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling.

If the argument is less than 1, a domain error occurs.

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),

- if the argument is less than 1, FE_INVALID is raised an NaN is returned
- if the argument is 1, +0 is returned
- if the argument is +∞, +∞ is returned
- if the argument is NaN, NaN is returned

### [edit] Notes

Although the C standard names this function "arc hyperbolic cosine", the inverse functions of the hyperbolic functions are the area functions. Their argument is the area of a hyperbolic sector, not an arc. The correct name is "inverse hyperbolic cosine" (used by POSIX) or "area hyperbolic cosine".

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <math.h>
    #include <float.h>
    #include <errno.h>
    #include <fenv.h>
    #pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
    int main(void)
    {
        printf("acosh(1) = %f\nacosh(10) = %f\n", acosh(1), acosh(10));
        printf("acosh(DBL_MAX) = %f\nacosh(Inf) = %f\n", acosh(DBL_MAX), acosh(INFINITY));
        //error handling
        errno = 0; feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
        printf("acosh(0.5) = %f\n", acosh(0.5));
        if(errno == EDOM)         perror("    errno == EDOM");
        if(fetestexcept(FE_INVALID)) puts("    FE_INVALID raised");
    }

Possible output:

    acosh(1) = 0.000000
    acosh(10) = 2.993223
    acosh(DBL_MAX) = 710.475860
    acosh(Inf) = inf
    acosh(0.5) = -nan
        errno == EDOM: Numerical argument out of domain
        FE_INVALID raised

### [edit] References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.12.5.1 The acosh functions (p: 240)

  - 7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 373-375)

  - F.10.2.1 The acosh functions (p: 520)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.12.5.1 The acosh functions (p: 221)

  - 7.22 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 335-337)

  - F.9.2.1 The acosh functions (p: 457)

### [edit] See also

asinh asinhf asinhl (C99)(C99)(C99) | computes inverse hyperbolic sine (arsinh(x)) (function) [edit]
atanh atanhf atanhl (C99)(C99)(C99) | computes inverse hyperbolic tangent (artanh(x)) (function) [edit]
cosh coshf coshl (C99)(C99) | computes hyperbolic cosine (ch(x)) (function) [edit]
cacosh cacoshf cacoshl (C99)(C99)(C99) | computes the complex arc hyperbolic cosine (function) [edit]
C++ documentation for acosh

### [edit] External links

Weisstein, Eric W. "Inverse Hyperbolic Cosine." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource.
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