// 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 returns the arctangent of x. // // Special cases are: // Atan(±0) = ±0 // Atan(±Inf) = ±Pi/2 func Atan(x float64) float64 { if x == 0 { return x } if x > 0 { return satan(x) } return -satan(-x) }