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32f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Dd January 24, 2008
333a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Dt SIN 3
343a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Os
353a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh NAME
367a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Nm sin ,
37f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Nm sinf ,
38f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Nm sinl
397a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Nd sine functions
4064890443SBruce Evans.Sh LIBRARY
4164890443SBruce Evans.Lb libm
423a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh SYNOPSIS
4332eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In math.h
443a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Ft double
453a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Fn sin "double x"
467a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Ft float
477a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Fn sinf "float x"
48f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Ft long double
49f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn sinl "long double x"
503a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh DESCRIPTION
513a8617a8SJordan K. HubbardThe
52f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn sin ,
53f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn sinf ,
54f869a8c5SDavid Schultzand
55f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn sinl
567a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbardfunctions compute the sine of
573a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Fa x
583a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard(measured in radians).
593a8617a8SJordan K. HubbardA large magnitude argument may yield a result with little
603a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbardor no significance.
613a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh RETURN VALUES
623a8617a8SJordan K. HubbardThe
63f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn sin ,
64f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn sinf ,
65f869a8c5SDavid Schultzand
66f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn sinl
677a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbardfunctions return the sine value.
683a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh SEE ALSO
693a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr acos 3 ,
703a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr asin 3 ,
713a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr atan 3 ,
723a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr atan2 3 ,
733a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr cos 3 ,
743a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr cosh 3 ,
7575141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr math 3 ,
763a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr sinh 3 ,
773a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr tan 3 ,
7875141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr tanh 3
793a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh STANDARDS
80f869a8c5SDavid SchultzThese functions conform to
81f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.St -isoC-99 .
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