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30 <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>asin<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></span><b>arcsine</b></p>
31 <p class="p2"><br></p>
32 <p class="p1"><b>a.asin</b></p>
33 <p class="p1"><b>asin(a)</b></p>
34 <p class="p2"><br></p>
35 <p class="p2"><br></p>
36 <p class="p2"><br></p>
37 <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href="../Math/SimpleNumber.html">SimpleNumber</a></span></p>
38 <p class="p4"><br></p>
39 <p class="p5">asin(1);</p>
40 <p class="p5">1.asin;</p>
41 <p class="p6"><br></p>
42 <p class="p5">asin(1) == 0.5pi; <span class="s3">// true</span></p>
43 <p class="p7"><span class="s4">asin(2); </span>// nan: no value of absolute value greater 1.0</p>
44 <p class="p6"><br></p>
45 <p class="p6"><br></p>
46 <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href="../Collections/SequenceableCollection.html">SequenceableCollection</a></span></p>
47 <p class="p6"><br></p>
48 <p class="p5">[0.5, 0.8, [-1, 1]].asin;</p>
49 <p class="p7">// asin is the reverse of sin:</p>
50 <p class="p5">asin(sin([-1, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1]));</p>
51 <p class="p6"><br></p>
52 <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href="../Core/Symbol.html">Symbol</a></span></p>
53 <p class="p6"><br></p>
54 <p class="p8"><span class="s5">\foo</span><span class="s4">.asin; </span>// returns itself. this is used in Envelopes see <a href="../Control/Env.html"><span class="s6">Env</span></a>.</p>
55 <p class="p6"><br></p>
56 <p class="p4"><br></p>
57 <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href="../Core/Kernel/Function.html">Function</a></span></p>
58 <p class="p4"><br></p>
59 <p class="p5">f = asin({<span class="s7">|x|</span> 1 / x });</p>
60 <p class="p5">f.value((0..1000).normalize(1, 8)).plot;</p>
61 <p class="p6"><br></p>
62 <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href="../UGens/UGen.html">UGen</a></span></p>
63 <p class="p6"><br></p>
64 <p class="p5">(</p>
65 <p class="p5">{</p>
66 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="s8">var</span> a = <span class="s8">LFSaw</span>.ar(100);</p>
67 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>[a, a.asin]</p>
68 <p class="p5">}.plot(minval: -2pi, maxval: 2pi)</p>
69 <p class="p5">)</p>
70 <p class="p6"><br></p>
71 <p class="p5">(</p>
72 <p class="p5">{</p>
73 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="s8">var</span> a;</p>
74 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>a = <span class="s8">Line</span>.ar(-1, 1, 0.01);</p>
75 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>(a.asin / 0.5pi) - 1</p>
76 <p class="p5">}.plot(minval: -2pi, maxval: 2pi)</p>
77 <p class="p5">)</p>
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