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ATAN(3) BSD Programmer's Manual ATAN(3)
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a\bat\bta\ban\bn - arc tangent function of one variable
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a\bat\bta\ban\bn(_\bd_\bo_\bu_\bb_\bl_\be _\bx);
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The a\bat\bta\ban\bn() function computes the principal value of the arc tangent of _\bx.
For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).
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The a\bat\bta\ban\bn() function returns the arc tangent in the range [-pi/2, +pi/2]
radians.
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acos(3), asin(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), sin(3), sinh(3),
tan(3), tanh(3), math(3),
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The a\bat\bta\ban\bn() function conforms to ANSI C X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C '').
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