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kernelTan

Compute the tangent of a double-precision floating-point number on [-π/4, π/4].

Installation

npm install @stdlib/math-base-special-kernel-tan

Alternatively,

• To load the package in a website via a script tag without installation and bundlers, use the ES Module available on the esm branch (see README).
• If you are using Deno, visit the deno branch (see README for usage intructions).
• For use in Observable, or in browser/node environments, use the Universal Module Definition (UMD) build available on the umd branch (see README).

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To view installation and usage instructions specific to each branch build, be sure to explicitly navigate to the respective README files on each branch, as linked to above.

Usage

var kernelTan = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-kernel-tan' );

kernelTan( x, y, k )

Computes the tangent of a double-precision floating-point number on [-π/4, π/4].

var out = kernelTan( 3.141592653589793/4.0, 0.0, 1 );
// returns ~1.0

out = kernelTan( 3.141592653589793/6.0, 0.0, 1 );
// returns ~0.577

out = kernelTan( 0.664, 5.288e-17, 1 );
// returns ~0.783

If k = 1, the function returns tan(x+y). To return the negative inverse -1/tan(x+y), set k = -1.

var out = kernelTan( 3.141592653589793/4.0, 0.0, -1 );
// returns ~-1.0

If either x or y is NaN, the function returns NaN.

var out = kernelTan( NaN, 0.0, 1 );
// returns NaN

out = kernelTan( 3.0, NaN, 1 );
// returns NaN

out = kernelTan( NaN, NaN, 1 );
// returns NaN

Notes

• For increased accuracy, the number for which the tangent should be evaluated can be supplied as a double-double number (i.e., a non-evaluated sum of two double-precision floating-point numbers x and y).

• As components of a double-double number, the two double-precision floating-point numbers x and y must satisfy

  
  

  where ulp stands for units in the last place.

Examples

var linspace = require( '@stdlib/array-base-linspace' );
var binomial = require( '@stdlib/random-base-binomial' ).factory;
var PI = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-pi' );
var kernelTan = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-kernel-tan' );

var x = linspace( -PI/4.0, PI/4.0, 100 );
var rbinom = binomial( 1, 0.5 );

var descr;
var i;
var k;

for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
    k = rbinom();
    descr = ( k === 1 ) ? 'tan(%d) = %d' : '-1/tan(%d) = %d';
    console.log( descr, x[ i ], kernelTan( x[ i ], 0.0, k ) );
}

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C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/math/base/special/kernel_tan.h"

stdlib_base_kernel_tan( x, y, k )

Computes the tangent of a double-precision floating-point number on [-π/4, π/4].

double out = stdlib_base_kernel_tan( 3.141592653589793/4.0, 0.0, 1 );
// returns ~1.0

out = stdlib_base_kernel_tan( 3.141592653589793/6.0, 0.0, 1 );
// returns ~0.577

The function accepts the following arguments:

• x: [in] double input value (in radians, assumed to be bounded by ~pi/4 in magnitude).
• y: [in] double tail of x.
• k: [in] int32_t indicates whether tan(x+y) (if k = 1) or -1/tan(x+y) (if k = -1) is returned.

double stdlib_base_kernel_tan( const double x, const double y, const int32_t k );

Notes

• For increased accuracy, the number for which the tangent should be evaluated can be supplied as a double-double number (i.e., a non-evaluated sum of two double-precision floating-point numbers x and y).

Examples

#include "stdlib/math/base/special/kernel_tan.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) {
    const double x[] = { -0.7853981633974483, -0.6108652381980153, -0.4363323129985824, -0.26179938779914946, -0.08726646259971649, 0.08726646259971649, 0.26179938779914935, 0.43633231299858233, 0.6108652381980153, 0.7853981633974483 };

    double out;
    int i;
    for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
        out = stdlib_base_kernel_tan( x[ i ], 0.0, 1 );
        printf( "tan(%lf) = %lf\n", x[ i ], out );
    }
}

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See Also

• @stdlib/math-base/special/kernel-cos: compute the cosine of a double-precision floating-point number on [-π/4, π/4].
• @stdlib/math-base/special/kernel-sin: compute the sine of a double-precision floating-point number on [-π/4, π/4].
• @stdlib/math-base/special/tan: evaluate the tangent of a number.

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