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<B>ACSCH</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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The <em>acsch</em> operator returns the hyperbolic arccosecant of its argument. 

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<em>acsch</em>(&lt;expression&gt;) or <em>acsch</em> &lt;simple\_expression&gt; 

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&lt;expression&gt; may be any scalar REDUCE expression, not an array, matrix or 

vector expression. &lt;simple\_expression&gt; must be a single identifier or 
begin with a prefix operator name. 
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acsch(ab); 

  ACSCH(AB) 


acsch 15; 

  ACSCH(15) 


df(acsch(x*y),x); 

         2  2
  -SQRT(X *Y  + 1)
  ---------------- 
       2  2
   X*(X *Y  + 1)


on rounded; 

res := acsch(3); 

  RES := 0.327450150237

</TT></PRE><P>An explicit numeric value is not given unless the switch <em>round
ed</em> is 
on and the argument has an absolute numeric value less than or equal to 1. 
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