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ATAN(3) 						     Linux Programmer's Manual							   ATAN(3)

NAME
atan - 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
SEE ALSO
acos(3), asin(3), atan2(3), cos(3), sin(3), tan(3) 1993-06-08 ATAN(3)
Related Man Pages
atan(3) - centos
atan(3) - mojave
atanl(3) - mojave
atan(3) - suse
atanf(3) - osx
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