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Re: [Patch, Fortran, Doc] Inverse hyperbolic functions
- From: Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu>
- To: Janus Weil <janus at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Cc: Dominique Dhumieres <dominiq at lps dot ens dot fr>, fortran <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "Hendrik.vanHees" <Hendrik dot vanHees at theo dot physik dot uni-giessen dot de>, gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:36:54 -0700
- Subject: Re: [Patch, Fortran, Doc] Inverse hyperbolic functions
- References: <20100808172152.221A43BE18@mailhost.lps.ens.fr> <AANLkTikvo3vrv2Mp5=Y_xb=odeweXMk7XtfXX8xxe5mK@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 07:55:08PM +0200, Janus Weil wrote:
>
> So maybe it is indeed common to talk about an 'hyperbolic arctangent"
> in the US (and France?). What is the ultimate mathematical instance
> than we should follow? Maybe it is best to stick to the neutral
> "inverse hyperbolic tangent"? Or should we rather mention both naming
> conventions in the manual?
>
What does the math library on linux call the functions in libm?
On FreeBSD, these are
% man atanh
ATANH(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual ATANH(3)
NAME
atanh, atanhf -- inverse hyperbolic tangent functions
LIBRARY
Math Library (libm, -lm)
--
Steve