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Debt and Credit Arrangements - 2024 Notes (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) day $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 $ / shares
Debt Instrument
Share price (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 67.49
Non cash payment for derivative instrument	$ 0	$ 0	$ 59,500,000
Proceeds from issuance of warrants	$ 0	0	$ 46,000,000.0
Convertible Debt | Convertible Notes, due 2024
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument stated interest rate (percent)	1.00%			1.00%
Principal amount	$ 258,800,000	258,800,000		$ 258,800,000
Share conversion rate	0.0170285
Debt instrument, conversion price (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 58.725
Debt instrument, conversion premium (percentage)	35.00%
Share price (usd per share) | $ / shares					$ 43.50
Value of securities above principal amount of debt if converted	$ 38,600,000
Debt instrument, threshold for trading days | day	20
Debt instrument, threshold for consecutive trading days | day	30
Applicable conversion price threshold (as percentage)	130.00%
Maximum days after five trading days	5 years
Applicable conversion price, less than (as percentage)	97.00%
Debt instrument effective interest rate	4.80%
Non cash payment for derivative instrument		$ 59,500,000
Number of shares underlying warrant (shares) | shares		4,410
Proceeds from issuance of warrants		$ 46,000,000.0
Percentage above previous sales price					65.00%
Net cost of convertible note hedge and warrant		$ 13,500,000
Convertible Debt | Convertible Notes, due 2024 | Maximum
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, conversion price (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 71.775				$ 71.775
Convertible Debt | Convertible Notes, due 2024 | Liability Component
Debt Instrument
Principal amount	$ 200,100,000
Debt issuance costs				5,300,000
Convertible Debt | Convertible Notes, due 2024 | Equity Component
Debt Instrument
Principal amount	$ 58,700,000
Debt issuance costs				$ 1,500,000

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