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diff --git a/libm/man/atan2.3 b/libm/man/atan2.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..421e17d --- /dev/null +++ b/libm/man/atan2.3 @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)atan2.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91 +.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/msun/man/atan2.3,v 1.14 2005/01/28 21:13:34 ru Exp $ +.\" +.Dd January 14, 2005 +.Dt ATAN2 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm atan2 , +.Nm atan2f +.Nd arc tangent functions of two variables +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libm +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In math.h +.Ft double +.Fn atan2 "double y" "double x" +.Ft float +.Fn atan2f "float y" "float x" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn atan2 +and the +.Fn atan2f +functions compute the principal value of the arc tangent of +.Fa y/ Ns Ar x , +using the signs of both arguments to determine the quadrant of +the return value. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn atan2 +and the +.Fn atan2f +functions, if successful, +return the arc tangent of +.Fa y/ Ns Ar x +in the range +.Bk -words +.Bq \&- Ns \*(Pi , \&+ Ns \*(Pi +.Ek +radians. +Here are some of the special cases: +.Bl -column atan_(y,x)_:=____ sign(y)_(Pi_atan2(Xy_xX))___ +.It Fn atan2 y x No := Ta +.Fn atan y/x Ta +if +.Ar x +> 0, +.It Ta sign( Ns Ar y Ns )*(\*(Pi - +.Fn atan "\\*(Bay/x\\*(Ba" ) Ta +if +.Ar x +< 0, +.It Ta +.No 0 Ta +if x = y = 0, or +.It Ta +.Pf sign( Ar y Ns )*\\*(Pi/2 Ta +if +.Ar x += 0 \(!= +.Ar y . +.El +.Sh NOTES +The function +.Fn atan2 +defines "if x > 0," +.Fn atan2 0 0 += 0 despite that previously +.Fn atan2 0 0 +may have generated an error message. +The reasons for assigning a value to +.Fn atan2 0 0 +are these: +.Bl -enum -offset indent +.It +Programs that test arguments to avoid computing +.Fn atan2 0 0 +must be indifferent to its value. +Programs that require it to be invalid are vulnerable +to diverse reactions to that invalidity on diverse computer systems. +.It +The +.Fn atan2 +function is used mostly to convert from rectangular (x,y) +to polar +.if n\ +(r,theta) +.if t\ +(r,\(*h) +coordinates that must satisfy x = +.if n\ +r\(**cos theta +.if t\ +r\(**cos\(*h +and y = +.if n\ +r\(**sin theta. +.if t\ +r\(**sin\(*h. +These equations are satisfied when (x=0,y=0) +is mapped to +.if n \ +(r=0,theta=0). +.if t \ +(r=0,\(*h=0). +In general, conversions to polar coordinates +should be computed thus: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +.if n \{\ +r := hypot(x,y); ... := sqrt(x\(**x+y\(**y) +theta := atan2(y,x). +.\} +.if t \{\ +r := hypot(x,y); ... := \(sr(x\u\s82\s10\d+y\u\s82\s10\d) +\(*h := atan2(y,x). +.\} +.Ed +.It +The foregoing formulas need not be altered to cope in a +reasonable way with signed zeros and infinities +on a machine that conforms to +.Tn IEEE 754 ; +the versions of +.Xr hypot 3 +and +.Fn atan2 +provided for +such a machine are designed to handle all cases. +That is why +.Fn atan2 \(+-0 \-0 += \(+-\*(Pi +for instance. +In general the formulas above are equivalent to these: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +.if n \ +r := sqrt(x\(**x+y\(**y); if r = 0 then x := copysign(1,x); +.if t \ +r := \(sr(x\(**x+y\(**y);\0\0if r = 0 then x := copysign(1,x); +.Ed +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr acos 3 , +.Xr asin 3 , +.Xr atan 3 , +.Xr cos 3 , +.Xr cosh 3 , +.Xr math 3 , +.Xr sin 3 , +.Xr sinh 3 , +.Xr tan 3 , +.Xr tanh 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn atan2 +function conforms to +.St -isoC . |