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author | The Android Open Source Project <initial-contribution@android.com> | 2008-10-21 07:00:00 -0700 |
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diff --git a/libm/man/sqrt.3 b/libm/man/sqrt.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..22f8b7b --- /dev/null +++ b/libm/man/sqrt.3 @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991 Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)sqrt.3 6.4 (Berkeley) 5/6/91 +.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/msun/man/sqrt.3,v 1.12 2005/01/14 23:28:28 das Exp $ +.\" +.Dd May 6, 1991 +.Dt SQRT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cbrt , +.Nm cbrtf , +.Nm sqrt , +.Nm sqrtf +.Nd cube root and square root functions +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libm +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In math.h +.Ft double +.Fn cbrt "double x" +.Ft float +.Fn cbrtf "float x" +.Ft double +.Fn sqrt "double x" +.Ft float +.Fn sqrtf "float x" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn cbrt +and the +.Fn cbrtf +functions compute +the cube root of +.Ar x . +.Pp +The +.Fn sqrt +and the +.Fn sqrtf +functions compute the +non-negative square root of x. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn cbrt +and the +.Fn cbrtf +functions return the requested cube root. +The +.Fn sqrt +and the +.Fn sqrtf +functions return the requested square root +unless an error occurs. +An attempt to take the +.Fn sqrt +of negative +.Fa x +raises an invalid exception and causes an \*(Na to be returned. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fenv 3 , +.Xr math 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn sqrt +function conforms to +.St -isoC . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn cbrt +function appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . |