Summary

Arc cosine

Prototype

v = math.acos (v)

Description

Arc cosine of v. (Inverse operation of math.cos (v)).

math.deg (math.acos (0.5)) --> 60

See Also ...

Lua functions

math.abs - Absolute value
math.asin - Arc sine
math.atan - Arc tangent
math.atan2 - Arc tangent of v1/v2
math.ceil - Next higher integer value
math.cos - Cosine
math.cosh - Hyperbolic cosine
math.deg - Convert from radians to degrees
math.exp - Raises e to a power
math.floor - Next smaller integer value
math.fmod - The modulus (remainder) of doing: v1 / v2
math.frexp - Break number into mantissa and exponent
math.huge - A huge value
math.ldexp - Compute m* 2^n
math.log - Natural log
math.log10 - Log to the base 10
math.max - The highest of one or more numbers
math.min - The lowest of one or more numbers
math.modf - Returns the integral and fractional part of its argument
math.pi - The value of pi
math.pow - Raise a number to a power
math.rad - Convert degrees to radians
math.random - Generate a random number
math.randomseed - Seeds the random number generator
math.sin - Sine
math.sinh - Hyperbolic sine
math.sqrt - Square root
math.tan - Tangent
math.tanh - Hyperbolic tangent

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