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Updated: December 2014
 
 

3.3.4 Transcendental Instructions (Floating-Point)

The transcendental instructions perform trigonometric and logarithmic operations on floating-point operands.

Table 3-17  Transcendental Instructions (Floating-Point)
Oracle Solaris Mnemonic
Intel/AMD Mnemonic
Description
Notes
f2xm1
F2XM1
computes 2x−1
fcos
FCOS
cosine
fpatan
FPATAN
partial arctangent
fptan
FPTAN
partial tangent
fsin
FSIN
sine
fsincos
FSINCOS
sine and cosine
fyl2x
FYL2X
computes y * log2x
fyl2xp1
FYL2XP1
computes y * log2(x+1)