Java Math sin()

Syntax of Math sin() in Java

The Java Math sin() returns the trigonometric sine of the specified angle.

The syntax of the sin() method is:

Here, sin() is a static method. Hence, we are accessing the method using the class name, Math

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Parameters of Math sin() in Java

The sin() method takes a single parameter, an angle, measured in radians, whose trigonometric sine will be returned.

Return Value of Math sin() in Java

The sin() method in Java returns the trigonometric sine of the specified angle. It returns NaN if the specified angle is NaN or infinity.

If the argument is zero, however, then the result of the sin() method is also zero with the same sign as the argument.

Example

Let's now see an example in Java, in which we will simply showcase the working of the Math.sin() method of java.lang package method

Output

Because the sin() method only accepts double method arguments, we must first convert it to double. We also used Math.toRadians() to convert the data to radians, which is the necessary method argument, after converting it into double.

What is Math sin() in Java?

The trigonometric sine of an angle is returned by the Java method sin() (angle should be in radians). If the argument is NaN or an infinity, the result will also be NaN; if the argument is zero, the result will be zero with the same sign as the argument.

In the example below, the sin() method is used to determine an angle's trigonometric sine.

The output of the above code will be:

More Examples

Now, Let's see how we can implement sin function on an ArrayList in Java

Here, we've declared a double-type array list and determined each element's sine values.

Output

Example 1: Using Math sin() with Double.MAX_VALUE

Output:

Where Double.MAX_VALUE is a constant holding the largest positive finite value of type double

The value is stored in a, value is then converted in radians using the Math.toRadians() function and is then stored in b, we then use the sin() method upon b to obtain their sine value.

Example 2: Using Math sin() with Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY

Output:

Where Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY is a constant holding the positive infinity of type double, we can use the sin() method to obtain its result. If the argument is an infinity, then Math.sin() returns NaN as a result.

Example 3: Using Math sin() with Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY

Output:

The code demonstrates the use of the Math.sin() method to calculate the sine of a negative infinity value and prints the result.

Example 4: Using Math sin() with Double.NaN

In the following example, we pass the Double.NaN as an argument to the sin() method. As per the function's definition, sin() should return the NaN value.

Output

Since the argument is NaN (not a number), then Math.sin() returns NaN.