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ATAN(3)                 NetBSD Library Functions Manual                ATAN(3)


NAME

     atan, atanf, atanl -- arc tangent function of one variable


LIBRARY

     Math Library (libm, -lm)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <math.h>

     double
     atan(double x);

     float
     atanf(float x);

     long double
     atanl(long double x);


DESCRIPTION

     The atan(), atanf(), and atanl() functions compute the principal value of
     the arc tangent of x in the range [-pi/2, +pi/2].


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() functions conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

NetBSD 8.0                     January 29, 2013                     NetBSD 8.0