Trig Functions (The GNU C Library)

### 19.2 Trigonometric Functions ¶

These are the familiar `sin`, `cos`, and `tan` functions. The arguments to all of these functions are in units of radians; recall that pi radians equals 180 degrees.

The math library normally defines `M_PI` to a `double` approximation of pi. If strict ISO and/or POSIX compliance are requested this constant is not defined, but you can easily define it yourself:

    #define M_PI 3.14159265358979323846264338327

You can also compute the value of pi with the expression `acos (-1.0)`.

Function: `double` sin `(double x)` ¶
Function: `float` sinf `(float x)` ¶
Function: `long double` sinl `(long double x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatN` sinfN `(_FloatN x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatNx` sinfNx `(_FloatNx x)` ¶

  Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | See POSIX Safety Concepts.

  These functions return the sine of x, where x is given in radians. The return value is in the range `-1` to `1`.

Function: `double` cos `(double x)` ¶
Function: `float` cosf `(float x)` ¶
Function: `long double` cosl `(long double x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatN` cosfN `(_FloatN x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatNx` cosfNx `(_FloatNx x)` ¶

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  These functions return the cosine of x, where x is given in radians. The return value is in the range `-1` to `1`.

Function: `double` tan `(double x)` ¶
Function: `float` tanf `(float x)` ¶
Function: `long double` tanl `(long double x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatN` tanfN `(_FloatN x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatNx` tanfNx `(_FloatNx x)` ¶

  Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | See POSIX Safety Concepts.

  These functions return the tangent of x, where x is given in radians.

  Mathematically, the tangent function has singularities at odd multiples of pi/2. If the argument x is too close to one of these singularities, `tan` will signal overflow.

In many applications where `sin` and `cos` are used, the sine and cosine of the same angle are needed at the same time. It is more efficient to compute them simultaneously, so the library provides a function to do that.

Function: `void` sincos `(double x, double *sinx, double *cosx)` ¶
Function: `void` sincosf `(float x, float *sinx, float *cosx)` ¶
Function: `void` sincosl `(long double x, long double *sinx, long double *cosx)` ¶
Function: `_FloatN` sincosfN `(_FloatN x, _FloatN *sinx, _FloatN *cosx)` ¶
Function: `_FloatNx` sincosfNx `(_FloatNx x, _FloatNx *sinx, _FloatNx *cosx)` ¶

  Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | See POSIX Safety Concepts.

  These functions return the sine of x in `*sinx` and the cosine of x in `*cosx`, where x is given in radians. Both values, `*sinx` and `*cosx`, are in the range of `-1` to `1`.

  All these functions, including the `_FloatN` and `_FloatNx` variants, are GNU extensions. Portable programs should be prepared to cope with their absence.

Function: `double` sinpi `(double x)` ¶
Function: `float` sinpif `(float x)` ¶
Function: `long double` sinpil `(long double x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatN` sinpifN `(_FloatN x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatNx` sinpifNx `(_FloatNx x)` ¶

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  These functions return the sine of pi multiplied by x. The return value is in the range `-1` to `1`.

  The `sinpi` functions are from TS 18661-4:2015.

Function: `double` cospi `(double x)` ¶
Function: `float` cospif `(float x)` ¶
Function: `long double` cospil `(long double x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatN` cospifN `(_FloatN x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatNx` cospifNx `(_FloatNx x)` ¶

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  These functions return the cosine of pi multiplied by x. The return value is in the range `-1` to `1`.

  The `cospi` functions are from TS 18661-4:2015.

Function: `double` tanpi `(double x)` ¶
Function: `float` tanpif `(float x)` ¶
Function: `long double` tanpil `(long double x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatN` tanpifN `(_FloatN x)` ¶
Function: `_FloatNx` tanpifNx `(_FloatNx x)` ¶

  Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | See POSIX Safety Concepts.

  These functions return the tangent of pi multiplied by x.

  The `tanpi` functions are from TS 18661-4:2015.

ISO C99 defines variants of the trig functions which work on complex numbers. The GNU C Library provides these functions, but they are only useful if your compiler supports the new complex types defined by the standard. (As of this writing GCC supports complex numbers, but there are bugs in the implementation.)

Function: `complex double` csin `(complex double z)` ¶
Function: `complex float` csinf `(complex float z)` ¶
Function: `complex long double` csinl `(complex long double z)` ¶
Function: `complex _FloatN` csinfN `(complex _FloatN z)` ¶
Function: `complex _FloatNx` csinfNx `(complex _FloatNx z)` ¶

  Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | See POSIX Safety Concepts.

  These functions return the complex sine of z. The mathematical definition of the complex sine is

  sin (z) = 1/(2*i) * (exp (z*i) - exp (-z*i)).

Function: `complex double` ccos `(complex double z)` ¶
Function: `complex float` ccosf `(complex float z)` ¶
Function: `complex long double` ccosl `(complex long double z)` ¶
Function: `complex _FloatN` ccosfN `(complex _FloatN z)` ¶
Function: `complex _FloatNx` ccosfNx `(complex _FloatNx z)` ¶

  Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | See POSIX Safety Concepts.

  These functions return the complex cosine of z. The mathematical definition of the complex cosine is

  cos (z) = 1/2 * (exp (z*i) + exp (-z*i))

Function: `complex double` ctan `(complex double z)` ¶
Function: `complex float` ctanf `(complex float z)` ¶
Function: `complex long double` ctanl `(complex long double z)` ¶
Function: `complex _FloatN` ctanfN `(complex _FloatN z)` ¶
Function: `complex _FloatNx` ctanfNx `(complex _FloatNx z)` ¶

  Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | See POSIX Safety Concepts.

  These functions return the complex tangent of z. The mathematical definition of the complex tangent is

  tan (z) = -i * (exp (z*i) - exp (-z*i)) / (exp (z*i) + exp (-z*i))

  The complex tangent has poles at pi/2 + 2n, where n is an integer. `ctan` may signal overflow if z is too close to a pole.