Versine#aver

The versine or versed sine is a trigonometric function found in some of the earliest (Sanskrit Aryabhatia,

[https://archive.org/stream/The_Aryabhatiya_of_Aryabhata_Clark_1930#page/n1/mode/2up The Āryabhaṭīya by Āryabhaṭa]

Section I) trigonometric tables. The versine of an angle is 1 minus its cosine.

There are several related functions, most notably the coversine and haversine. The latter, half a versine, is of particular importance in the haversine formula of navigation.

Image:Unit-circle sin cos tan cot exsec excsc versin cvs.svg with trigonometric functions.]]

{{anchor|ver|vcs|cvs|cvc|hav|hvc|hcv|hcc|lhav}}Overview

The versine or versed sine is a trigonometric function already appearing in some of the earliest trigonometric tables. It is symbolized in formulas using the abbreviations {{math|versin}}, {{math|sinver}}, {{math|vers}}, or {{math|siv}}. In Latin, it is known as the sinus versus (flipped sine), versinus, versus, or sagitta (arrow).

Expressed in terms of common trigonometric functions sine, cosine, and tangent, the versine is equal to

$\operatorname{versin}\theta = 1 - \cos \theta = 2\sin^{2}\frac\theta2 = \sin\theta\,\tan\frac\theta2$

There are several related functions corresponding to the versine:

The versed cosine, or vercosine, abbreviated {{math|vercosin}}, {{math|vercos}}, or {{math|vcs}}
The coversed sine or coversine (in Latin, cosinus versus or coversinus), abbreviated {{math|coversin}}, {{math|covers}}, {{math|cosiv}}, or {{math|cvs}}

Special tables were also made of half of the versed sine, because of its particular use in the haversine formula used historically in navigation.

The haversed sine or haversine (Latin semiversus), abbreviated {{math|haversin}}, {{math|semiversin}}, {{math|semiversinus}}, {{math|havers}}, {{math|hav}}, {{math|hvs}}, {{math|sem}}, or {{math|hv}}. It is defined as

$\text{hav}\ \theta = \sin^2 \left( \frac \theta 2 \right) = \frac {1 - \cos \theta} {2}$

History and applications

=Versine and coversine=

Image:Versine.svg with radius 1, centered at O. This figure also illustrates the reason why the versine was sometimes called the sagitta, Latin for arrow. If the arc ADB of the double-angle Δ = 2θ is viewed as a "bow" and the chord AB as its "string", then the versine CD is clearly the "arrow shaft".]]

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The ordinary sine function (see note on etymology) was sometimes historically called the sinus rectus ("straight sine"), to contrast it with the versed sine (sinus versus). The meaning of these terms is apparent if one looks at the functions in the original context for their definition, a unit circle:

For a vertical chord AB of the unit circle, the sine of the angle θ (representing half of the subtended angle Δ) is the distance AC (half of the chord). On the other hand, the versed sine of θ is the distance CD from the center of the chord to the center of the arc. Thus, the sum of cos(θ) (equal to the length of line OC) and versin(θ) (equal to the length of line CD) is the radius OD (with length 1). Illustrated this way, the sine is vertical (rectus, literally "straight") while the versine is horizontal (versus, literally "turned against, out-of-place"); both are distances from C to the circle.

This figure also illustrates the reason why the versine was sometimes called the sagitta, Latin for arrow. If the arc ADB of the double-angle Δ = 2θ is viewed as a "bow" and the chord AB as its "string", then the versine CD is clearly the "arrow shaft".

In further keeping with the interpretation of the sine as "vertical" and the versed sine as "horizontal", sagitta is also an obsolete synonym for the abscissa (the horizontal axis of a graph).

In 1821, Cauchy used the terms sinus versus (siv) for the versine and cosinus versus (cosiv) for the coversine.

Image:Unit-circle_sin_cos_tan_cot_exsec_excsc_versin_vercos_coversin_covercos.svg centered at O.]]

As θ goes to zero, versin(θ) is the difference between two nearly equal quantities, so a user of a trigonometric table for the cosine alone would need a very high accuracy to obtain the versine in order to avoid catastrophic cancellation, making separate tables for the latter convenient. Even with a calculator or computer, round-off errors make it advisable to use the sin² formula for small θ.

Another historical advantage of the versine is that it is always non-negative, so its logarithm is defined everywhere except for the single angle (θ = 0, 2{{pi}}, …) where it is zero—thus, one could use logarithmic tables for multiplications in formulas involving versines.

In fact, the earliest surviving table of sine (half-chord) values (as opposed to the chords tabulated by Ptolemy and other Greek authors), calculated from the Surya Siddhantha of India dated back to the 3rd century BC, was a table of values for the sine and versed sine (in 3.75° increments from 0 to 90°).

The versine appears as an intermediate step in the application of the half-angle formula sin²{{big|(}}{{sfrac|θ|2}}{{big|)}} = {{sfrac|1|2}}versin(θ), derived by Ptolemy, that was used to construct such tables.

=Haversine=

The haversine, in particular, was important in navigation because it appears in the haversine formula, which is used to reasonably accurately compute distances on an astronomic spheroid (see issues with the Earth's radius vs. sphere) given angular positions (e.g., longitude and latitude). One could also use sin²{{big|(}}{{sfrac|θ|2}}{{big|)}} directly, but having a table of the haversine removed the need to compute squares and square roots.

An early utilization by José de Mendoza y Ríos of what later would be called haversines is documented in 1801.

The first known English equivalent to a table of haversines was published by James Andrew in 1805, under the name "Squares of Natural Semi-Chords".

In 1835, the term haversine (notated naturally as hav. or base-10 logarithmically as log. haversine or log. havers.) was coined by James Inman in the third edition of his work Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: For the Use of British Seamen to simplify the calculation of distances between two points on the surface of the Earth using spherical trigonometry for applications in navigation. Inman also used the terms nat. versine and nat. vers. for versines.

Other high-regarded tables of haversines were those of Richard Farley in 1856 and John Caulfield Hannyngton in 1876.

The haversine continues to be used in navigation and has found new applications in recent decades, as in Bruce D. Stark's method for clearing lunar distances utilizing Gaussian logarithms since 1995 or in a more compact method for sight reduction since 2014.

=Modern uses=

While the usage of the versine, coversine and haversine as well as their inverse functions can be traced back centuries, the names for the other five cofunctions appear to be of much younger origin.

One period (0 < θ < 2π) of a versine or, more commonly, a haversine waveform is also commonly used in signal processing and control theory as the shape of a pulse or a window function (including Hann, Hann–Poisson and Tukey windows), because it smoothly (continuous in value and slope) "turns on" from zero to one (for haversine) and back to zero. In these applications, it is named Hann function or raised-cosine filter.

Mathematical identities

=Definitions=

class="wikitable"
$\textrm{versin} (\theta) := 2\sin^2\!\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right) = 1 - \cos (\theta) \,$	300px
$\textrm{coversin}(\theta) := \textrm{versin}\!\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \theta\right) = 1 - \sin(\theta) \,$	300px
$\textrm{vercosin} (\theta) := 2\cos^2\!\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right) = 1 + \cos (\theta) \,$	300px
$\textrm{haversin}(\theta) := \frac {\textrm{versin}(\theta)} {2} = \sin^2\!\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right) = \frac{1 - \cos (\theta)}{2} \,$	300px

=Circular rotations=

The functions are circular rotations of each other.

: $\begin{align}
\mathrm{versin}(\theta)
&= \mathrm{coversin}\left(\theta + \frac{\pi}{2}\right)
= \mathrm{vercosin}\left(\theta + \pi\right)
\end{align}$

=Derivatives and integrals=

class="wikitable"
$\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}\mathrm{versin}(x) = \sin{x}$	$\int\mathrm{versin}(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = x - \sin{x} + C$
$\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}\mathrm{vercosin}(x) = -\sin{x}$	$\int\mathrm{vercosin}(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = x + \sin{x} + C$
$\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}\mathrm{coversin}(x) = -\cos{x}$	$\int\mathrm{coversin}(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = x + \cos{x} + C$
$\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}\mathrm{haversin}(x) = \frac{\sin{x}}{2}$	$\int\mathrm{haversin}(x) \,\mathrm{d}x = \frac{x - \sin{x}}{2} + C$

={{anchor|aver|avcs|acvs|acvc|ahav|ahvc|ahcv|ahcc}}Inverse functions=

Inverse functions like arcversine (arcversin, arcvers, avers, aver), arcvercosine (arcvercosin, arcvercos, avercos, avcs), arccoversine (arccoversin, arccovers, acovers, acvs), arccovercosine (arccovercosin, arccovercos, acovercos, acvc), archaversine (archaversin, archav, haversin⁻¹, invhav, ahav, ahvs, ahv, hav⁻¹), archavercosine (archavercosin, archavercos, ahvc), archacoversine (archacoversin, ahcv) or archacovercosine (archacovercosin, archacovercos, ahcc) exist as well:

class="wikitable"

\operatorname{arcversin}(y) = \arccos\left(1-y\right)\,

\operatorname{arcvercos}(y) = \arccos\left(y-1\right)\,

\operatorname{arccoversin}(y) = \arcsin\left(1-y\right)\,

\operatorname{arccovercos}(y) = \arcsin\left(y-1\right)\,

\operatorname{archaversin}(y) = 2\arcsin\left(\sqrt{y}\right) = \arccos\left(1-2y\right)\,

\operatorname{archavercos}(y) = 2\arccos\left(\sqrt{y}\right) = \arccos\left(2y-1\right)

\operatorname{archacoversin}(y) = \arcsin\left(1-2y\right)\,

\operatorname{archacovercos}(y) = \arcsin\left(2y-1\right)\,

=Other properties=

These functions can be extended into the complex plane.

Maclaurin series:

: $\begin{align}
\operatorname{versin}(z) &= \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k-1} z^{2k}}{(2k)!} \\
\operatorname{haversin}(z) &= \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k-1} z^{2k}}{2(2k)!}
\end{align}$

: $\lim_{\theta \to 0} \frac{\operatorname{versin}(\theta)}{\theta} = 0$

: $\begin{align}
\frac{\operatorname{versin}(\theta) + \operatorname{coversin}(\theta)}
{\operatorname{versin}(\theta) - \operatorname{coversin}(\theta)} -
\frac{\operatorname{exsec}(\theta) + \operatorname{excsc}(\theta)}
{\operatorname{exsec}(\theta) - \operatorname{excsc}(\theta)}
&= \frac{2 \operatorname{versin}(\theta) \operatorname{coversin}(\theta)}
{\operatorname{versin}(\theta) - \operatorname{coversin}(\theta)} \\[3pt]
[\operatorname{versin}(\theta) + \operatorname{exsec}(\theta)]\,
[\operatorname{coversin}(\theta) + \operatorname{excsc}(\theta)]
&= \sin(\theta) \cos(\theta)
\end{align}$

Approximations

File:Comparison of Versine Approximations for Angles of 0 to 2 Pi.svg

File:Comparison of Versine Approximations for Angles of 0 to Pi divided by 2.svg

When the versine v is small in comparison to the radius r, it may be approximated from the half-chord length L (the distance AC shown above) by the formula

$v \approx \frac{L^2}{2r}.$

Alternatively, if the versine is small and the versine, radius, and half-chord length are known, they may be used to estimate the arc length s (AD in the figure above) by the formula

$s\approx L+\frac{v^2}{r}$

This formula was known to the Chinese mathematician Shen Kuo, and a more accurate formula also involving the sagitta was developed two centuries later by Guo Shoujing.

A more accurate approximation used in engineering is

$v\approx \frac{s^\frac{3}{2} L^\frac{1}{2}}{8r}$

Arbitrary curves and chords

The term versine is also sometimes used to describe deviations from straightness in an arbitrary planar curve, of which the above circle is a special case. Given a chord between two points in a curve, the perpendicular distance v from the chord to the curve (usually at the chord midpoint) is called a versine measurement. For a straight line, the versine of any chord is zero, so this measurement characterizes the straightness of the curve. In the limit as the chord length L goes to zero, the ratio {{sfrac|8v|L²}} goes to the instantaneous curvature. This usage is especially common in rail transport, where it describes measurements of the straightness of the rail tracks and it is the basis of the Hallade method for rail surveying.

The term sagitta (often abbreviated sag) is used similarly in optics, for describing the surfaces of lenses and mirrors.

Notes

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{{anchor|Bradley-Errata|Korn-Errata}}Some English sources confuse the versed cosine with the coversed sine. Historically (f.e. in Cauchy, 1821), the sinus versus (versine) was defined as siv(θ) = 1−cos(θ), the cosinus versus (what is now also known as coversine) as cosiv(θ) = 1−sin(θ), and the vercosine as vcsθ = 1+cos(θ). However, in their 2009 English translation of Cauchy's work, Bradley and Sandifer associate the cosinus versus (and cosiv) with the versed cosine (what is now also known as vercosine) rather than the coversed sine. Similarly, in their 1968/2000 work, Korn and Korn associate the covers(θ) function with the versed cosine instead of the coversed sine.

The abbreviation hvs sometimes used for the haversine function in signal processing and filtering is also sometimes used for the unrelated Heaviside step function.

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{{cite web |author-first=Eric Wolfgang |author-last=Weisstein |author-link=Eric Wolfgang Weisstein |title=Versine |work=MathWorld |publisher=Wolfram Research, Inc. |url=http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Versine.html |access-date=2015-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331150251/http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Versine.html |archive-date=2010-03-31}}

{{cite book |title=An Atlas of Functions: with Equator, the Atlas Function Calculator |url=https://archive.org/details/atlasfunctionswi00oldh_689 |url-access=limited |author-first1=Keith B. |author-last1=Oldham |author-first2=Jan C. |author-last2=Myland |author-first3=Jerome |author-last3=Spanier |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media, LLC |edition=2 |date=2009 |orig-year=1987 |chapter=32.13. The Cosine cos(x) and Sine sin(x) functions - Cognate functions |page=[https://archive.org/details/atlasfunctionswi00oldh_689/page/n334 322] |isbn=978-0-387-48806-6 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-48807-3 |lccn=2008937525}}

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{{cite book |title=Critical Problems in the History of Science |editor-first=Marshall |editor-last=Clagett |author-first=Carl Benjamin |author-last=Boyer |author-link=Carl Benjamin Boyer |chapter=5: Commentary on the Paper of E. J. Dijksterhuis (The Origins of Classical Mechanics from Aristotle to Newton) |pages=185–190 |date=1969 |orig-year=1959 |edition=3 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press, Ltd. |location=Madison, Milwaukee, and London |isbn=0-299-01874-1 |id=9780299018740 |lccn=59-5304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WboPReSZ668C |access-date=2015-11-16}}

{{cite book |title=Precalculus: A Study of Functions and Their Applications |chapter=5 (Trigonometric Functions) |author-first1=Todd |author-last1=Swanson |author-first2=Janet |author-last2=Andersen |author-first3=Robert |author-last3=Keeley |date=1999 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |page=344 |chapter-url=http://math.hope.edu/swanson/text/chapter5.pdf |access-date=2015-11-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030617045723/http://math.hope.edu/swanson/text/chapter5.pdf |archive-date=2003-06-17}}

{{cite web |title=identify.py: An asteroid_server client which identifies measurements in MPC format |author-first=Jure |author-last=Skvarc |work=Fitsblink |type=Python source code |url=http://www.fitsblink.net/software/clients/identify.py |date=1999-03-01 |access-date=2015-11-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120083747/http://www.fitsblink.net/software/clients/identify.py |archive-date=2008-11-20}}

{{cite web |title=astrotrig.py: Astronomical trigonometry related functions |author-first=Jure |author-last=Skvarc |type=Python source code |publisher=Telescope Vega, University of Ljubljana |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |url=http://astro.ago.fmf.uni-lj.si/podatki/2014/V2014-10-27/astro/bojan@arix |date=2014-10-27 |access-date=2015-11-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128200410/http://astro.ago.fmf.uni-lj.si/podatki/2014/V2014-10-27/astro/bojan@arix |archive-date=2015-11-28}}

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{{cite web |title=AUXTRIG |author-first=David G. |author-last=Simpson |publisher=NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |location=Greenbelt, Maryland, USA |date=2001-11-08 |type=Fortran 90 source code |url=http://www.davidgsimpson.com/software/auxtrig_f90.txt |access-date=2015-10-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616185313/http://www.davidgsimpson.com/software/auxtrig_f90.txt |archive-date=2008-06-16}}

{{cite web |title=jass.utils Class Fmath |author-first=Kees |author-last=van den Doel |work=JASS - Java Audio Synthesis System |date=2010-01-25 |version=1.25 |url=http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~kvdoel/jass/doc/jass/utils/Fmath.html#aexsec%28double%29 |access-date=2015-10-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902035859/http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~kvdoel/jass/doc/jass/utils/Fmath.html |archive-date=2007-09-02}}

{{cite news |author=mf344 |title=Lost but lovely: The haversine |date=2014-07-04 |work=Plus magazine |publisher=maths.org |url=http://plus.maths.org/content/lost-lovely-haversine |access-date=2015-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718121825/http://plus.maths.org/content/lost-lovely-haversine |archive-date=2014-07-18}}

{{cite web |author-first=Eric Wolfgang |author-last=Weisstein |author-link=Eric Wolfgang Weisstein |title=Inverse Haversine |work=MathWorld |publisher=Wolfram Research, Inc. |url=http://mathworld.wolfram.com/InverseHaversine.html |access-date=2015-10-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608014248/http://mathworld.wolfram.com/InverseHaversine.html |archive-date=2008-06-08}}

{{cite web |title=InverseHaversine |work=Wolfram Language & System: Documentation Center |date=2008 |version=7.0 |url=http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InverseHaversine.html |access-date=2015-11-05}}

{{cite book |title=Geometry - Plane, Solid & Analytic Problem Solver |author-first=Ernest |author-last=Woodward |series=Problem Solvers Solution Guides |publisher=Research & Education Association (REA) |date=December 1978 |isbn=978-0-87891-510-1 |page=359 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iNvcGB3M9sC&pg=PA359}}

{{cite book |title=Science and Civilisation in China: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth |author-first=Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery |author-last=Needham |author-link=Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=1959 |volume=3 |isbn=9780521058018 |page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfQ9E0u4pLAC&pg=PA39}}

{{cite book |title=Table For Use in Computing Arcs, Chords and Versines |author-first=Harry |author-last=Boardman |publisher=Chicago Bridge and Iron Company |date=1930 |page=32}}

{{cite journal |author-first=P. N. Bhaskaran |author-last=Nair |author-link=P. N. Bhaskaran Nair |title=Track measurement systems—concepts and techniques |journal=Rail International |publisher=International Railway Congress Association, International Union of Railways |oclc=751627806 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=159–166 |date=1972 |issn=0020-8442}}

{{cite book |title=Trigonometry |volume=Part I: Plane Trigonometry |author-first1=Arthur Graham |author-last1=Hall |author-first2=Fred Goodrich |author-last2=Frink |date=January 1909 |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |chapter=Review Exercises [100] Secondary Trigonometric Functions |publisher=Henry Holt and Company / Norwood Press / J. S. Cushing Co. - Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Massachusetts, USA |publication-place=New York, USA |pages=125–127 |url=https://archive.org/stream/planetrigonometr00hallrich#page/125/mode/1up |access-date=2017-08-12}}

{{cite book |title=The Mechanic's, Machinist's, Engineer's Practical Book of Reference: Containing tables and formulæ for use in superficial and solid mensuration; strength and weight of materials; mechanics; machinery; hydraulics, hydrodynamics; marine engines, chemistry; and miscellaneous recipes. Adapted to and for the use of all classes of practical mechanics. Together with the Engineer's Field Book: Containing formulæ for the various of running and changing lines, locating side tracks and switches, &c., &c. Tables of radii and their logarithms, natural and logarithmic versed sines and external secants, natural sines and tangents to every degree and minute of the quadrant, and logarithms from the natural numbers from 1 to 10,000 |author-first=Charles |author-last=Haslett |editor-first=Charles W. |editor-last=Hackley |date=September 1855 |publisher=James G. Gregory, successor of W. A. Townsend & Co. (Stringer & Townsend) |location=New York, USA |url=https://archive.org/details/mechanicsmachin01haslgoog |access-date=2017-08-13 |quote=[…] Still there would be much labor of computation which may be saved by the use of tables of external secants and versed sines, which have been employed with great success recently by the Engineers on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and which, with the formulas and rules necessary for their application to the laying down of curves, drawn up by Mr. Haslett, one of the Engineers of that Road, are now for the first time given to the public. […] In presenting this work to the public, the Author claims for it the adaptation of a new principle in trigonometrical analysis of the formulas generally used in field calculations. Experience has shown, that versed sines and external secants as frequently enter into calculations on curves as sines and tangents; and by their use, as illustrated in the examples given in this work, it is believed that many of the rules in general use are much simplified, and many calculations concerning curves and running lines made less intricate, and results obtained with more accuracy and far less trouble, than by any methods laid down in works of this kind. The examples given have all been suggested by actual practice, and will explain themselves. […] As a book for practical use in field work, it is confidently believed that this is more direct in the application of rules and facility of calculation than any work now in use. In addition to the tables generally found in books of this kind, the author has prepared, with great labor, a Table of Natural and Logarithmic Versed Sines and External Secants, calculated to degrees, for every minute; also, a Table of Radii and their Logarithms, from 1° to 60°. […]}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=KvLR97_I_RcC 1856 edition]

{{cite book |author-first=Nelson H. F. |author-last=Beebe |title=The Mathematical-Function Computation Handbook - Programming Using the MathCW Portable Software Library |chapter=Chapter 11.1. Sine and cosine properties |date=2017-08-22 |location=Salt Lake City, UT, USA |publisher=Springer International Publishing AG |edition=1 |lccn=2017947446 |isbn=978-3-319-64109-6 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-64110-2 |page=301|s2cid=30244721}}

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{{cite web |title=Sagitta, Apothem, and Chord |author-first=Ed |author-last=Pegg, Jr. |author-link=Ed Pegg, Jr. |publisher=The Wolfram Demonstrations Project |url=http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SagittaApothemAndChord/}}
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