src/math/asin.go

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package math

/*
	Floating-point arcsine and arccosine.

	They are implemented by computing the arctangent
	after appropriate range reduction.
*/

// Asin returns the arcsine, in radians, of x.
//
// Special cases are:
//
//	Asin(±0) = ±0
//	Asin(x) = NaN if x < -1 or x > 1
func Asin(x float64) float64 {
	if haveArchAsin {
		return archAsin(x)
	}
	return asin(x)
}

func asin(x float64) float64 {
	if x == 0 {
		return x // special case
	}
	sign := false
	if x < 0 {
		x = -x
		sign = true
	}
	if x > 1 {
		return NaN() // special case
	}

	temp := Sqrt(1 - x*x)
	if x > 0.7 {
		temp = Pi/2 - satan(temp/x)
	} else {
		temp = satan(x / temp)
	}

	if sign {
		temp = -temp
	}
	return temp
}

// Acos returns the arccosine, in radians, of x.
//
// Special case is:
//
//	Acos(x) = NaN if x < -1 or x > 1
func Acos(x float64) float64 {
	if haveArchAcos {
		return archAcos(x)
	}
	return acos(x)
}

func acos(x float64) float64 {
	return Pi/2 - Asin(x)
}