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28dfb9caabSmycroft.\"     from: @(#)cos.3	5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91
29*d284e45cSsevan.\"	$NetBSD: cos.3,v 1.17 2019/09/02 00:51:48 sevan Exp $
3061f28255Scgd.\"
31*d284e45cSsevan.Dd September 2, 2019
3261f28255Scgd.Dt COS 3
3361f28255Scgd.Os
3461f28255Scgd.Sh NAME
35f8173630Skleink.Nm cos ,
363cdbcb3eSmaya.Nm cosf ,
373cdbcb3eSmaya.Nm cosl
38df8b005fSjtc.Nd cosine function
39312aca53Sperry.Sh LIBRARY
40312aca53Sperry.Lb libm
4161f28255Scgd.Sh SYNOPSIS
42472351e1Swiz.In math.h
4361f28255Scgd.Ft double
4461f28255Scgd.Fn cos "double x"
45fd8d17a5Sjtc.Ft float
46fd8d17a5Sjtc.Fn cosf "float x"
473cdbcb3eSmaya.Ft long double
483cdbcb3eSmaya.Fn cosl "long double x"
4961f28255Scgd.Sh DESCRIPTION
5061f28255ScgdThe
513cdbcb3eSmaya.Fn cos ,
523cdbcb3eSmaya.Fn cosf ,
53fd8d17a5Sjtcand
543cdbcb3eSmaya.Fn cosl
55fd8d17a5Sjtcfunctions compute the cosine of
5661f28255Scgd.Fa x
5761f28255Scgd(measured in radians).
5861f28255ScgdA large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no
5961f28255Scgdsignificance.
6061f28255ScgdFor a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
6161f28255Scgd.Xr math 3 .
6261f28255Scgd.Sh RETURN VALUES
6361f28255ScgdThe
6461f28255Scgd.Fn cos
6561f28255Scgdfunction returns the cosine value.
6661f28255Scgd.Sh SEE ALSO
6761f28255Scgd.Xr acos 3 ,
68306d24c5Swiz.Xr asin 3 ,
6961f28255Scgd.Xr atan 3 ,
7061f28255Scgd.Xr atan2 3 ,
7161f28255Scgd.Xr cosh 3 ,
72306d24c5Swiz.Xr math 3 ,
73306d24c5Swiz.Xr sin 3 ,
74306d24c5Swiz.Xr sinh 3 ,
75306d24c5Swiz.Xr tan 3 ,
76306d24c5Swiz.Xr tanh 3
7761f28255Scgd.Sh STANDARDS
7861f28255ScgdThe
796ca09b61Sjtc.Fn cos
8061f28255Scgdfunction conforms to
8161f28255Scgd.St -ansiC .
82*d284e45cSsevan.Sh HISTORY
83*d284e45cSsevanA
84*d284e45cSsevan.Fn cos
85*d284e45cSsevanfunction appeared in
86*d284e45cSsevan.At v1 .
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