Re: Documentation fix regarding atan2

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Andrew Maclean wrote:
> In Table 9.4 of the documentation atan2 is described as follows:
> atan2(*x*, *y*) inverse tangent of *x*/*y*
>
> I am sure it should read as:
> atan2(*y*, x) inverse tangent of y/x
>
> This looks to be the standard C++/c atan2(y,x) function.
>
> You can easily test this:
> If y = 2, x = 1, then degrees(atan(y/x)) =63.4 but if we proceed according
> to the documentation; degrees(atan2(x,y))=degrees(atan2(1,2))=25.6 which is
> not the same as degrees(atan(y/x)).
> So it must be degrees(atan2(y,x))=degrees(atan2(2,1))=63.4.
>
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>
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