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NAME
atan - inverse trigonometric tangent
SYNOPSIS
atan(x [,eps])
TYPES
x real
eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return real
DESCRIPTION
Returns the atan of x to a multiple of eps with error less in
absolute value than .75 * eps.
v = atan(x) is the number in (-pi/2, pi/2) for which tan(v) = x.
EXAMPLE
; print atan(2, 1e-5), atan(2, 1e-10), atan(2, 1e-15), atan(2, 1e-20)
1.10715 1.1071487178 1.107148717794091 1.10714871779409050302
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qatan(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
SEE ALSO
asin, acos, asec, acsc, acot, epsilon
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