Java sin sin5(float x)

Description

5th order Taylor series approx of sin(x) only valid from about -pi < x < pi

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static float sin5(float x) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
      * 5th order Taylor series approx of sin(x)
      * only valid from about -pi < x < pi
      */
    public static float sin5(float x) {
        float x2 = x * x;
        return x * (x2 * x2 - 20 * x2 + 120) / 120;
    }
}

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