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These functions first appeared in the First Edition of Unix (or earlier in the pdp-7 version). Just claim 1st Edition for all this. The pdp-7 code is too fragmented at this point to extend history that far back.
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2.4 KiB
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88 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" @(#)sin.3 6.7 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" from: @(#)sin.3 6.7 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 1, 2020
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.Dt SIN 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sin ,
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.Nm sinf ,
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.Nm sinl
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.Nd sine functions
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In math.h
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.Ft double
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.Fn sin "double x"
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.Ft float
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.Fn sinf "float x"
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.Ft long double
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.Fn sinl "long double x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn sin ,
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.Fn sinf ,
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and
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.Fn sinl
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functions compute the sine of
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.Fa x
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(measured in radians).
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A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little
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or no significance.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn sin ,
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.Fn sinf ,
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and
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.Fn sinl
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functions return the sine value.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr acos 3 ,
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.Xr asin 3 ,
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.Xr atan 3 ,
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.Xr atan2 3 ,
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.Xr cos 3 ,
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.Xr cosh 3 ,
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.Xr csin 3 ,
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.Xr math 3 ,
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.Xr sinh 3 ,
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.Xr tan 3 ,
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.Xr tanh 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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These functions conform to
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.St -isoC-99 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn sin
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function first appeared in
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.At v1 .
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