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28f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Dd January 24, 2008
293a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Dt TAN 3
303a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Os
313a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh NAME
327a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Nm tan ,
33f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Nm tanf ,
34f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Nm tanl
357a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Nd tangent functions
3664890443SBruce Evans.Sh LIBRARY
3764890443SBruce Evans.Lb libm
383a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh SYNOPSIS
3932eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In math.h
403a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Ft double
413a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Fn tan "double x"
427a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Ft float
437a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbard.Fn tanf "float x"
44f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Ft long double
45f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn tanl "long double x"
463a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh DESCRIPTION
473a8617a8SJordan K. HubbardThe
48f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn tan ,
49f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn tanf ,
50f869a8c5SDavid Schultzand
51f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn tanl
527a15a32aSJordan K. Hubbardfunctions compute the tangent of
533a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Fa x
543a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard(measured in radians).
553a8617a8SJordan K. HubbardA large magnitude argument may yield a result
563a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbardwith little or no significance.
573a8617a8SJordan K. HubbardFor a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
583a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr math 3 .
593a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh RETURN VALUES
603a8617a8SJordan K. HubbardThe
61f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn tan ,
62f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn tanf ,
63f869a8c5SDavid Schultzand
64f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.Fn tanl
65f869a8c5SDavid Schultzfunctions return the tangent value.
663a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh SEE ALSO
673a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr acos 3 ,
683a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr asin 3 ,
693a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr atan 3 ,
703a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr atan2 3 ,
713a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr cos 3 ,
723a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr cosh 3 ,
733daee1d6SDavid Schultz.Xr ctan 3 ,
7475141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr math 3 ,
753a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr sin 3 ,
763a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Xr sinh 3 ,
7775141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr tanh 3
783a8617a8SJordan K. Hubbard.Sh STANDARDS
79f869a8c5SDavid SchultzThese functions conform to
80f869a8c5SDavid Schultz.St -isoC-99 .
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