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31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd May 2, 1991
32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt COS 3
33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm cos ,
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm cosf
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd cosine function
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libm
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In math.h
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft double
43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn cos "double x"
44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft float
45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn cosf "float x"
46*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
47*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
48*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn cos
49*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand
50*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn cosf
51*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunctions compute the cosine of
52*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa x
53*2fe8fb19SBen Gras(measured in radians).
54*2fe8fb19SBen GrasA large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no
55*2fe8fb19SBen Grassignificance.
56*2fe8fb19SBen GrasFor a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
57*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr math 3 .
58*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh RETURN VALUES
59*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
60*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn cos
61*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction returns the cosine value.
62*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
63*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr acos 3 ,
64*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr asin 3 ,
65*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr atan 3 ,
66*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr atan2 3 ,
67*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr cosh 3 ,
68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr math 3 ,
69*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr sin 3 ,
70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr sinh 3 ,
71*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr tan 3 ,
72*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr tanh 3
73*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh STANDARDS
74*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
75*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn cos
76*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction conforms to
77*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -ansiC .
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