mathjs/lib/function/trigonometry/asin.js

Math.js is an extensive math library for JavaScript and Node.js. It features a flexible expression parser and offers an integrated solution to work with numbers, big numbers, complex numbers, units, and matrices.

module.exports = function (math) {
  var util = require('../../util/index'),

      BigNumber = math.type.BigNumber,
      Complex = require('../../type/Complex'),
      collection = require('../../type/collection'),

      isNumber = util.number.isNumber,
      isBoolean = util['boolean'].isBoolean,
      isComplex = Complex.isComplex,
      isCollection = collection.isCollection;

  /**
   * Calculate the inverse sine of a value
   *
   *     asin(x)
   *
   * For matrices, the function is evaluated element wise.
   *
   * @param {Number | Boolean | Complex | Array | Matrix} x
   * @return {Number | Complex | Array | Matrix} res
   *
   * @see http://mathworld.wolfram.com/InverseSine.html
   */
  math.asin = function asin(x) {
    if (arguments.length != 1) {
      throw new math.error.ArgumentsError('asin', arguments.length, 1);
    }

    if (isNumber(x)) {
      if (x >= -1 && x <= 1) {
        return Math.asin(x);
      }
      else {
        return asin(new Complex(x, 0));
      }
    }

    if (isComplex(x)) {
      // asin(z) = -i*log(iz + sqrt(1-z^2))
      var re = x.re;
      var im = x.im;
      var temp1 = new Complex(
          im * im - re * re + 1.0,
          -2.0 * re * im
      );
      var temp2 = math.sqrt(temp1);
      var temp3 = new Complex(
          temp2.re - im,
          temp2.im + re
      );
      var temp4 = math.log(temp3);

      return new Complex(temp4.im, -temp4.re);
    }

    if (isCollection(x)) {
      return collection.deepMap(x, asin);
    }

    if (isBoolean(x)) {
      return Math.asin(x);
    }

    if (x instanceof BigNumber) {
      // TODO: implement BigNumber support
      // downgrade to Number
      return asin(x.toNumber());
    }

    throw new math.error.UnsupportedTypeError('asin', math['typeof'](x));
  };
};