CORDIC
Approximation of Elementary Functions

CORDIC is a C library which uses the CORDIC algorithm to evaluate certain functions, in particular the sine and cosine.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

CORDIC is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

FN, a C library which contains routines by Wayne Fullerton for evaluating elementary and special functions.

POLPAK, a C library which evaluates recursively defined polynomials and other special functions.

SPECFUN, a FORTRAN90 library which evaluates certain special functions using fitted data.

TEST_VALUES, a C library which returns some tabulated values of various functions.

Reference:

1. Pitts Jarvis,
   Implementing CORDIC Algorithms,
   Dr. Dobb's Journal,
   October 1990.
2. Jean-Michel Muller,
   Elementary Functions: Algorithms and Implementation,
   Second Edition,
   Birkhaeuser, 2006,
   ISBN13: 978-0-8176-4372-0,
   LC: QA331.M866.
3. Allan Sultan,
   CORDIC: How Hand Calculators Calculate,
   The College Mathematics Journal,
   Volume 40, Number 2, March 2009, pages 87-92.
4. Jack Volder,
   The CORDIC Computing Technique,
   IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers,
   Volume 8, Number 3, pages 330-334, 1959.
5. Jack Volder,
   The Birth of CORDIC,
   Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems,
   Volume 25, Number 2, pages 101-105, June 2000.
6. Anthony Williams,
   Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic,
   Dr Dobb's Journal,
   Volume 33, Number 4, April 2008, pages 38-43.

Source Code:

• cordic.c, the source code;
• cordic.h, the include file;

Examples and Tests:

• cordic_test.c, the calling program;
• cordic_test.txt, the sample output.

List of Routines:

• ANGLE_SHIFT shifts angle ALPHA to lie between BETA and BETA+2PI.
• ARCCOS_CORDIC returns the arccosine of an angle using the CORDIC method.
• ARCCOS_VALUES returns some values of the arc cosine function.
• ARCSIN_CORDIC returns the arcsine of an angle using the CORDIC method.
• ARCSIN_VALUES returns some values of the arc sine function.
• ARCTAN_CORDIC returns the arctangent of an angle using the CORDIC method.
• ARCTAN_VALUES returns some values of the arc tangent function.
• CBRT_CORDIC returns the cube root of a value using the CORDIC method.
• CBRT_VALUES returns some values of the cube root function.
• COS_VALUES returns some values of the cosine function.
• COSSIN_CORDIC returns the sine and cosine of an angle by the CORDIC method.
• EXP_CORDIC evaluates the exponential function using the CORDIC method.
• EXP_VALUES returns some values of the exponential function.
• I4_HUGE returns a "huge" I4.
• I4_MIN returns the minimum of two I4's.
• LN_CORDIC evaluates the natural logarithm using the CORDIC method.
• LN_VALUES returns some values of the natural logarithm function.
• R8_UNIFORM_01 returns a unit pseudorandom R8.
• SIN_VALUES returns some values of the sine function.
• SQRT_CORDIC returns the square root of a value using the CORDIC method.
• SQRT_VALUES returns some values of the square root function.
• TAN_CORDIC returns the tangent of an angle using the CORDIC method.
• TAN_VALUES returns some values of the tangent function.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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