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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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+.\" from: @(#)atan.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/msun/man/atan.3,v 1.10 2001/10/13 12:23:22 bde Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd May 2, 1991
+.Dt ATAN 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm atan ,
+.Nm atanf
+.Nd arc tangent functions of one variable
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libm
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In math.h
+.Ft double
+.Fn atan "double x"
+.Ft float
+.Fn atanf "float x"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn atan
+and the
+.Fn atanf
+functions compute the principal value of the arc tangent of
+.Fa x .
+For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
+.Xr math 3 .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn atan
+and the
+.Fn atanf
+function returns the arc tangent in the range
+.Bk -words
+.Bq -\*(Pi/2 , +\*(Pi/2
+.Ek
+radians.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr acos 3 ,
+.Xr asin 3 ,
+.Xr atan2 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 atan
+function conforms to
+.St -isoC .