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# xpress.asin

Purpose

Returns the arcsine of a given expression.

Synopsis
`a = xpress.asin(arg)`
Argument

arg | Argument of the arcsine function.

Further information

Using Python's math library operator math.asin is only advisable when the argument is not an expression that depends on variables.

Related topics
xpress.sin, xpress.cos, xpress.tan, xpress.acos, xpress.atan.
Parent Topic Xpress operators

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