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31*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2013 $
32*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Dt SIN 3
33*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Os
34*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh NAME
35*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nm sin ,
36*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nm sinf ,
37*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nm sinl
38*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nd sine functions
39*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS
40*05a0b428SJohn Marino.In math.h
41*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Ft double
42*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sin "double x"
43*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Ft float
44*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sinf "float x"
45*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Ft long double
46*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sinl "long double x"
47*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION
48*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
49*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sin
50*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction computes the sine of
51*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fa x
52*05a0b428SJohn Marino(measured in radians).
53*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
54*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sinf
55*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction is a single precision version of
56*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sin .
57*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
58*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sinl
59*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction is an extended precision version of
60*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sin .
61*05a0b428SJohn MarinoA large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no
62*05a0b428SJohn Marinosignificance.
63*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh RETURN VALUES
64*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
65*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sin ,
66*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sinf
67*05a0b428SJohn Marinoand
68*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sinl
69*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunctions return the sine value.
70*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO
71*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr acos 3 ,
72*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr asin 3 ,
73*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr atan 3 ,
74*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr atan2 3 ,
75*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr cosh 3 ,
76*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr sinh 3 ,
77*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr tan 3 ,
78*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr tanh 3
79*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh STANDARDS
80*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
81*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sin
82*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction conforms to
83*05a0b428SJohn Marino.St -ansiC .
84*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh HISTORY
85*05a0b428SJohn MarinoA
86*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn sin
87*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction first appeared in
88*05a0b428SJohn Marino.At v1 .
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