/* $Header$ */ /* 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) */ static double sq2p1 = 2.414213562373095048802e0; static double sq2m1 = .414213562373095048802e0; static double pio2 = 1.570796326794896619231e0; static double pio4 = .785398163397448309615e0; static double p4 = .161536412982230228262e2; static double p3 = .26842548195503973794141e3; static double p2 = .11530293515404850115428136e4; static double p1 = .178040631643319697105464587e4; static double p0 = .89678597403663861959987488e3; static double q4 = .5895697050844462222791e2; static double q3 = .536265374031215315104235e3; static double q2 = .16667838148816337184521798e4; static double q1 = .207933497444540981287275926e4; static double q0 = .89678597403663861962481162e3; /* xatan evaluates a series valid in the range [-0.414...,+0.414...]. */ static double xatan(arg) double arg; { double argsq; double value; argsq = arg*arg; value = ((((p4*argsq + p3)*argsq + p2)*argsq + p1)*argsq + p0); value = value/(((((argsq + q4)*argsq + q3)*argsq + q2)*argsq + q1)*argsq + q0); return(value*arg); } static double satan(arg) double arg; { if(arg < sq2m1) return(xatan(arg)); else if(arg > sq2p1) return(pio2 - xatan(1/arg)); else return(pio4 + xatan((arg-1)/(arg+1))); } /* atan makes its argument positive and calls the inner routine satan. */ double _atn(arg) double arg; { if(arg>0) return(satan(arg)); else return(-satan(-arg)); }