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SIN Trigonometric Sine Function

Usage

Computes the sin function for its argument. The general syntax for its use is

  y = sin(x)

where x is an n-dimensional array of numerical type. Integer types are promoted to the double type prior to calculation of the sin function. Output y is of the same size and type as the input x, (unless x is an integer, in which case y is a double type).

Function Internals

Mathematically, the sin function is defined for all real valued arguments x by the infinite summation

$\displaystyle \sin x \equiv \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{n-1} x^{2n-1}}{(2n-1)!}.
$

For complex valued arguments z, the sine is computed via

$\displaystyle \sin z \equiv \sin \Re z \cosh \Im z - i \cos \Re z
\sinh \Im z.
$

Example

The following piece of code plots the real-valued sin(2 pi x) function over one period of [0,1]:

--> x = linspace(0,1);
--> plot(x,sin(2*pi*x))

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Samit K. Basu 2005-03-16