// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package math /* * floating-point arctangent * * atan returns the value of the arctangent of its * argument in the range [-pi/2,pi/2]. * there are no error returns. * coefficients are #5077 from Hart & Cheney. (19.56D) */ /* * xatan evaluates a series valid in the * range [-0.414...,+0.414...]. (tan(pi/8)) */ func xatan(arg float64) float64 { const ( P4 = .161536412982230228262e2; P3 = .26842548195503973794141e3; P2 = .11530293515404850115428136e4; P1 = .178040631643319697105464587e4; P0 = .89678597403663861959987488e3; Q4 = .5895697050844462222791e2; Q3 = .536265374031215315104235e3; Q2 = .16667838148816337184521798e4; Q1 = .207933497444540981287275926e4; Q0 = .89678597403663861962481162e3; ) sq := arg * arg; value := ((((P4*sq+P3)*sq+P2)*sq+P1)*sq + P0); value = value / (((((sq+Q4)*sq+Q3)*sq+Q2)*sq+Q1)*sq + Q0); return value * arg; } /* * satan reduces its argument (known to be positive) * to the range [0,0.414...] and calls xatan. */ func satan(arg float64) float64 { if arg < Sqrt2-1 { return xatan(arg) } if arg > Sqrt2+1 { return Pi/2 - xatan(1/arg) } return Pi/4 + xatan((arg-1)/(arg+1)); } /* * atan makes its argument positive and * calls the inner routine satan. */ // Atan returns the arc tangent of x. func Atan(x float64) float64 { if x > 0 { return satan(x) } return -satan(-x); }