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NAME
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acot - inverse trigonometric cotangent
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SYNOPSIS
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acot(x [,eps])
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TYPES
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x real
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eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
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return real
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DESCRIPTION
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Returns the acot of x to a multiple of eps with error less in
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absolute value than .75 * eps.
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v = acot(x) is the number in (0, pi) for which cot(v) = x.
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EXAMPLE
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> print acot(2, 1e-5), acot(2, 1e-10), acot(2, 1e-15), acot(2, 1e-20)
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.46365 .463647609 .463647609000806 .46364760900080611621
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LIMITS
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none
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LINK LIBRARY
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NUMBER *qacot(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
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SEE ALSO
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asin, acos, atan, asec, acsc, epsilon
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## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
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##
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## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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## as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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##
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## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
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## Public License for more details.
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##
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## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is
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## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have
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## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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##
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## @(#) $Revision: 29.2 $
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## @(#) $Id: acot,v 29.2 2000/06/07 14:02:33 chongo Exp $
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## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/acot,v $
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##
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## Under source code control: 1995/11/13 03:49:00
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## File existed as early as: 1995
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##
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## chongo <was here> /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/
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## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/
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