/* * Copyright (c) 1985, 1993 * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. * * %sccs.include.redist.c% */ #ifndef lint static char sccsid[] = "@(#)atan.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93"; #endif /* not lint */ /* ATAN(X) * RETURNS ARC TANGENT OF X * DOUBLE PRECISION (IEEE DOUBLE 53 bits, VAX D FORMAT 56 bits) * CODED IN C BY K.C. NG, 4/16/85, REVISED ON 6/10/85. * * Required kernel function: * atan2(y,x) * * Method: * atan(x) = atan2(x,1.0). * * Special case: * if x is NaN, return x itself. * * Accuracy: * 1) If atan2() uses machine PI, then * * atan(x) returns (PI/pi) * (the exact arc tangent of x) nearly rounded; * and PI is the exact pi rounded to machine precision (see atan2 for * details): * * in decimal: * pi = 3.141592653589793 23846264338327 ..... * 53 bits PI = 3.141592653589793 115997963 ..... , * 56 bits PI = 3.141592653589793 227020265 ..... , * * in hexadecimal: * pi = 3.243F6A8885A308D313198A2E.... * 53 bits PI = 3.243F6A8885A30 = 2 * 1.921FB54442D18 error=.276ulps * 56 bits PI = 3.243F6A8885A308 = 4 * .C90FDAA22168C2 error=.206ulps * * In a test run with more than 200,000 random arguments on a VAX, the * maximum observed error in ulps (units in the last place) was * 0.86 ulps. (comparing against (PI/pi)*(exact atan(x))). * * 2) If atan2() uses true pi, then * * atan(x) returns the exact atan(x) with error below about 2 ulps. * * In a test run with more than 1,024,000 random arguments on a VAX, the * maximum observed error in ulps (units in the last place) was * 0.85 ulps. */ double atan(x) double x; { double atan2(),one=1.0; return(atan2(x,one)); }