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tan

Tangent of argument in radians

Description

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Y = tan(X) returns the tangent of each element of X. The tan function operates element-wise on arrays. The function accepts both real and complex inputs.

  • For real values of X, tan(X) returns real values in the interval [-∞, ∞].

  • For complex values of X, tan(X) returns complex values.

Examples

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Plot the tangent function over the domain -π/2xπ/2 .

x = (-pi/2)+0.01:0.01:(pi/2)-0.01;
plot(x,tan(x)), grid on

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object contains an object of type line.

Calculate the tangent of the complex angles in vector x.

x = [-i pi+i*pi/2 -1+i*4];
y = tan(x)
y = 1×3 complex

   0.0000 - 0.7616i  -0.0000 + 0.9172i  -0.0006 + 1.0003i

Input Arguments

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Input angle in radians, specified as a scalar, vector, matrix, multidimensional array, table, or timetable.

Data Types: single | double | table | timetable
Complex Number Support: Yes

Output Arguments

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Tangent of input angle, returned as a real-valued or complex-valued scalar, vector, matrix, multidimensional array, table, or timetable.

More About

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Tangent Function

The tangent of an angle, α, defined with reference to a right triangle is

tan(α)=opposite sideadjacent side=ab.

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Right triangle with vertices A, B, and C. The vertex A has an angle α, and the vertex C has a right angle. The hypotenuse, or side AB, is labeled as h. The opposite side of α, or side BC, is labeled as a. The adjacent side of α, or side AC, is labeled as b. The tangent of α is defined as the opposite side a divided by the adjacent side b.

The tangent of a complex argument, α, is

tan(α)=eiαeiαi(eiα+eiα).

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Tips

  • In floating-point arithmetic, tan is a bounded function. That is, tan does not return values of Inf or -Inf at points of divergence that are multiples of pi, but a large magnitude number instead. This stems from the inaccuracy of the floating-point representation of π.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using MATLAB® Coder™.

GPU Code Generation
Generate CUDA® code for NVIDIA® GPUs using GPU Coder™.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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