On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why does
asin(1) result in: 1.570796
Because the arcsin of 1 is pi/2 radians.
and
x<-sqrt(2) asin(x^2-1) result in: NaN
Because you can't take the arcsin of 2^2-1=3.
-thomas
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