ATAN(3)

NAME
atan, atanf - arc tangent functions of one variable

LIBRARY
libm

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

DESCRIPTION
The atan() and the atanf() functions compute the principal value of the arc tangent of x. For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).

RETURN VALUES
The atan() and the atanf() function returns the arc tangent in the range [-/2, +/2] radians.

SEE ALSO
acos(3), asin(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), math(3), sin(3), sinh(3), tan(3), tanh(3)

STANDARDS
The atan() function conforms to isoC.