NAME
sin, sinf —
sine function
LIBRARY
library “libm”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<math.h>
double
sin(double
x);
float
sinf(float
x);
DESCRIPTION
Thesin()
function computes the sine of x (measured in radians). A
large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no significance.
RETURN VALUES
The sin() function returns the sine
value.
SEE ALSO
acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), math(3), sinh(3), tan(3), tanh(3)
STANDARDS
The sin() function conforms to
ANSI X3.159-1989
(“ANSI C89”).
HISTORY
A sin() function appeared in
Version 1 AT&T UNIX.