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Debt Instrument Conversion Circumstance, Number of Trading Days

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Business Days

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage Of Principal Amount Redeemable

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Debt Issuance Cost Write Off

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Debt Repurchase Allocation - Debt Portion

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Debt Repurchase Allocation - Equity Portion

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Loss On Extinguishment Of Debt

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Ratio of Common Stock Closing Price to Debt Conversion Price, Percentage

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Reclassifications Of Permanent To Temporary Equity

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Carrying amount of long-term convertible debt as of the balance sheet date, net of the amount due in the next twelve months or greater than the normal operating cycle, if longer. The debt is convertible into another form of financial instrument, typically the entity's common stock.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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The amount by which the convertible debt's if-converted value exceeds its principle amount at the balance sheet date, regardless of whether the instrument is currently convertible. This element applies to public companies only.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased during the period and has not been retired and is not held in treasury. Some state laws may mandate the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Unamortized Loss on Reacquired Debt is the loss incurred upon reacquisition or refinancing of debt, is treated as a deferred charge and amortized over the life of the new debt issued.

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Debt - 1.25% Convertible Debentures due 2025 (Details)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	104 Months Ended
Debt - 1.25% Convertible Debentures due 2025 (Details)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) day shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) day	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) day shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 13, 2017	Oct. 24, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value			$ 889,400,000	$ 889,400,000	$ 918,000,000
Repurchased shares (in shares) \| shares			0	73,800,000
Shares repurchased value				$ 1,238,800,000
Consecutive trading days \| day			30
Trading days \| day			20
Convertible Debentures 1.25% Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated percentage	1.25%		1.25%	1.25%			1.25%
Face value	$ 350,000,000
Debt proceeds	$ 343,600,000
Repurchased shares (in shares) \| shares	5,800,000
Shares repurchased value	$ 99,100,000
Long-term debt	252,100,000
Debt recorded as additional paid-in capital	$ 97,900,000
Conversion ratio	0.0507957
Percentage of stock closing price to debt conversion price	130.00%
Consecutive business days \| day		5
Consecutive trading days \| day	5
Trading days \| day	5
Percentage of principal amount redeemable	100.00%
Repurchased face amount						$ 87,300,000
Repurchase amount						112,300,000
Debt repurchase allocation, debt portion			$ 1,100,000	$ 1,100,000		72,800,000
Debt repurchase allocation - Equity portion			2,300,000	2,300,000		39,500,000
Unamortized discount write-off			200,000	$ 200,000		16,700,000
Unamortized costs						700,000
Loss on repurchases						$ 2,800,000
Reclassification from permanent equity to mezzanine equity			34,900,000
If-converted value exceeding principal amount			$ 473,200,000
Convertible Debentures 1.25% Due 2025 \| Ending on Last Trading Day of Previous Fiscal Quarter
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of consecutive trading days	30 days
Convertible Debentures 1.25% Due 2025 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of trading days	20 days
Convertible Debentures 1.25% Due 2025 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of stock closing price to debt conversion price	98.00%
Senior Convertible Debentures due in 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated percentage								2.75%
Repayments of debt	$ 17,800,000
Repurchased face amount		$ 38,300,000