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NAME
cot - trigonometric cotangent
SYNOPSIS
cot(x [,eps])
TYPES
x nonzero real
acc nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return real
DESCRIPTION
Calculate the cotangent of x to a multiple of eps, with error less
in absolute value than .75 * eps.
EXAMPLE
> print cot(1, 1e-5), cot(1, 1e-10), cot(1, 1e-15), cot(1, 1e-20)
.64209 .6420926159 .642092615934331 .64209261593433070301
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qcot(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
SEE ALSO
sin, cos, tan, sec, csc, epsilon
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