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sinh(3) Library Functions Manualsinh(3)sinh, sinhf, sinhl - hyperbolic sine function
Math library (libm,-lm)
#include <math.h>double sinh(doublex);float sinhf(floatx);long double sinhl(long doublex); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (seefeature_test_macros(7)):sinhf(),sinhl(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
These functions return the hyperbolic sine ofx, which is defined mathematically as: sinh(x) = (exp(x) - exp(-x)) / 2
On success, these functions return the hyperbolic sine ofx. Ifx is a NaN, a NaN is returned. Ifx is +0 (-0), +0 (-0) is returned. Ifx is positive infinity (negative infinity), positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned. If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions returnHUGE_VAL,HUGE_VALF, orHUGE_VALL, respectively, with the same sign asx.
Seemath_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. The following errors can occur: Range error: result overflowerrno is set toERANGE. An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │sinh(),sinhf(),sinhl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
C99, POSIX.1-2001. The variant returningdouble also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
acosh(3),asinh(3),atanh(3),cosh(3),csinh(3),tanh(3)
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