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Defined in header <math.h>
float       acoshf( float arg );		(since C99)
double      acosh( double arg );		(since C99)
long double acoshl( long double arg );		(since C99)

Computes hyperbolic arc cosine of arg

Parameters

arg

-

floating point value

Return value

Inverse hyperbolic cosine of arg

See also

asinh (C99)	hyperbolic arc sine (function)
atanh (C99)	hyperbolic arc tangent (function)
cosh	computes hyperbolic cosine (ch(x)) (function)
C++ documentation for acosh

External links

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