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ATAN (3)

arc tangent function

SYNOPSIS

    #include <math.h>
      double atan(double  x );  
    

DESCRIPTION

    The atan() function calculates the arc tangent of x; that is the value whose tangent is x.

RETURN VALUE

    The atan() function returns the arc tangent in radians and the value is mathematically defined to be between -PI/2 and PI/2 (inclusive).

CONFORMING TO

    SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

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