atan

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Defined in header <math.h>
float       atanf( float arg );
(since C99)
double      atan( double arg );
long double atanl( long double arg );
(since C99)

Computes arc tangent of arg

[edit] Parameters

arg - floating point value

[edit] Return value

Arc tangent of arg in radians in the range of [-π/2; π/2] radians.

[edit] See also

arc tangent, using signs to determine quadrants
(function)
computes arc sine (arcsin(x))
(function)
computes arc cosine (arccos(x))
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computes tangent (tan(x))
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