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NAME
acot - inverse trigonometric cotangent
SYNOPSIS
acot(x [,eps])
TYPES
x number (real or complex)
eps 0 < real < 1, defaults to epsilon()
return real
DESCRIPTION
Returns the inverse trigonometric cotangent of x to a multiple of eps with error less in
absolute value than .75 * eps.
This function is sometimes called arccot.
EXAMPLE
; print acot(0), acot(0.5), acot(1)
1.57079632679489661923 1.10714871779409050302 0.78539816339744830962
; print acot(-0.5), acot(-1)
2.03444393579570273544 2.35619449019234492885
; print acot(.5, 1e-5), acot(.5, 1e-10), acot(.5, 1e-15), acot(.5, 1e-20)
1.10715 1.1071487178 1.107148717794091 1.10714871779409050302
; print acot(5), acot(5i)
0.19739555984988075837 -0.20273255405408219099i
; print acot(5+5i)
0.10065855418732038003-0.09932544936725086122i
; pi = pi(1e-20)
; print acot(pi/6), acot(pi/3)
1.08844841969387164375 0.76234753416487458792
; print acot(4*pi/3)
0.23434608748833616077
LIMITS
0 < eps < 1
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qacot(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
COMPLEX *c_acot(COMPLEX *c, NUMBER *epsilon)
SEE ALSO
sin, cos, tan, cot, sec, csc
asin, acos, atan, asec, acsc
versin, coversin, vercos, covercos
aversin, acoversin, avercos, acovercos
haversin, hacoversin, havercos, hacovercos
ahaversin, hacoversin, havercos, ahacovercos
exsec, aexsec, excsc, aexcsc
crd, acrd
cas, cis
epsilon
EXTERNAL RESOURCES
For general information on trigonometric functions, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometric_functions#Unit-circle_definitions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsecant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_trigonometric_functions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_(geometry)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secant_line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartley_transform#cas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis_(mathematics)
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