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Sin
  • Sin[ z ] gives the sine of z.
  • Mathematical function (see Section A.3.10).
  • The argument of Sin is assumed to be in radians. (Multiply by Degree to convert from degrees.)
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 1.1.3, Section 3.2.6.
  • See also: ArcSin, Csc, TrigToExp, TrigExpand.

    Further Examples

    You can compute exact values of trigonometric functions.

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    You can also convert trigonometric functions to their equivalent exponential form.

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    This is the derivative.

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    This is the integral.

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    This is a series expansion around .

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