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[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 documentation is wrong
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Marco Caliari |
Subject: |
[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 documentation is wrong |
Date: |
Wed, 8 Jun 2016 15:10:48 +0000 (UTC) |
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Summary: atan2 documentation is wrong
Project: GNU Octave
Submitted by: caliari
Submitted on: Wed 08 Jun 2016 03:10:46 PM GMT
Category: Documentation
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Assigned to: None
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Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: 4.0.0
Operating System: GNU/Linux
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Details:
This is somehow related to #37379. Anyway, the definition of atan2 can be
found in wikipedia, with the exception that Octave's atan2(0,0) = 0. Another
possibility is to say that atan2(y,x)=arg(x+1i*y). For sure, it is not
(always) atan (y / x) (try atan2(-1,-1), atan(1)).
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- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 documentation is wrong,
Marco Caliari <=
- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 docstring needs more detail, Mike Miller, 2016/06/08
- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 docstring needs more detail, Mike Miller, 2016/06/08
- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 docstring needs more detail, Mike Miller, 2016/06/08
- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 docstring needs more detail, Marco Caliari, 2016/06/09
- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 docstring needs more detail, Mike Miller, 2016/06/09
- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 docstring needs more detail, Lachlan Andrew, 2016/06/16
- [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48178] atan2 docstring needs more detail, Mike Miller, 2016/06/17