1.\" $OpenBSD: sin.3,v 1.10 2003/06/02 20:18:41 millert Exp $ 2.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 14.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 15.\" without specific prior written permission. 16.\" 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 18.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 19.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 20.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 21.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 22.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 23.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 24.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 25.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 26.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 27.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.\" from: @(#)cos.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91 30.\" 31.Dd May 2, 1991 32.Dt COS 3 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm sin , 36.Nm sinf 37.Nd sine functions 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Fd #include <math.h> 40.Ft double 41.Fn sin "double x" 42.Ft float 43.Fn sinf "float x" 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Fn sin 47function computes the sine of 48.Fa x 49(measured in radians). 50The 51.Fn sinf 52function is a single precision version of 53.Fn sin . 54A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no 55significance. 56For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see 57.Xr math 3 . 58.Sh RETURN VALUES 59The 60.Fn sin 61and 62.Fn sinf 63functions return the sine value. 64.Sh SEE ALSO 65.Xr acos 3 , 66.Xr asin 3 , 67.Xr atan 3 , 68.Xr atan2 3 , 69.Xr cosh 3 , 70.Xr math 3 , 71.Xr sinh 3 , 72.Xr tan 3 , 73.Xr tanh 3 74.Sh STANDARDS 75The 76.Fn sin 77function conforms to 78.St -ansiC . 79