2 atan - inverse trigonometric tangent
9 eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
14 Returns the atan of x to a multiple of eps with error less in
15 absolute value than .75 * eps.
17 v = atan(x) is the number in (-pi/2, pi/2) for which tan(v) = x.
20 ; print atan(2, 1e-5), atan(2, 1e-10), atan(2, 1e-15), atan(2, 1e-20)
21 1.10715 1.1071487178 1.107148717794091 1.10714871779409050302
27 NUMBER *qatan(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
30 asin, acos, asec, acsc, acot, epsilon
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