.. highlightlang:: us .. index:: asin .. _asin: asin ==== .. us.tag asin ENGLISH math-trigo :ref:`asin` calculates the ac arcsine. .. function:: r = asin(m) .. us.return **Return Value** *r* is the arcsine of *m*. .. us.params **Parameters** .. uparam:: m *m* is a real or complex matrix. .. us.comment **Comment** Algorithm: ``-1i .* log (1i .* x + sqrt(1 - x .* x))``. .. seealso:: :ref:`overview-mathematic`, :ref:`sin` :sub:`id-1210848`