casinf, casin, casinl

Parameters

Return value

If no errors occur, complex arc sine of z is returned, in the range of a strip unbounded along the imaginary axis and in the interval [−π/2; +π/2] along the real axis.

Errors and special cases are handled as if the operation is implemented by -I * casinh(I*z)

Notes

Inverse sine (or arc sine) is a multivalued function and requires a branch cut on the complex plane. The branch cut is conventionally placed at the line segments (-∞,-1) and (1,∞) of the real axis.

The mathematical definition of the principal value of arc sine is asin z = -iln(iz + √1-z2
)

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <complex.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    double complex z = casin(-2);
    printf("casin(-2+0i) = %f%+fi\n", creal(z), cimag(z));
 
    double complex z2 = casin(conj(-2)); // or CMPLX(-2, -0.0)
    printf("casin(-2-0i) (the other side of the cut) = %f%+fi\n", creal(z2), cimag(z2));
 
    // for any z, asin(z) = acos(-z) - pi/2
    double pi = acos(-1);
    double complex z3 = csin(cacos(conj(-2))-pi/2);
    printf("csin(cacos(-2-0i)-pi/2) = %f%+fi\n", creal(z3), cimag(z3));
}

casin(-2+0i) = -1.570796+1.316958i
casin(-2-0i) (the other side of the cut) = -1.570796-1.316958i
csin(cacos(-2-0i)-pi/2) = 2.000000+0.000000i

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