cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) should be more numerically stable close to π/2 than cot(x) = 1/tan(x). You can implement that efficiently using sincos on platforms that have it. Another possibility is cot(x) = tan(M_PI_2 – x). This should be faster than the above (even if sincos is available), but it may also be less accurate, because … Read more
We have the acos function, which returns the angle in radians.
math.atan(x) returned in radian, if you want degree, convert it using math.degrees(x)
On some (especially older) platforms (see the comments below) you might need to and then include the necessary header file: and the value of pi can be accessed via: In my math.h (2014) it is defined as: but check your math.h for more. An extract from the “old” math.h (in 2009): However: on newer platforms (at least on my 64 bit … Read more
On some (especially older) platforms (see the comments below) you might need to and then include the necessary header file: and the value of pi can be accessed via: In my math.h (2014) it is defined as: but check your math.h for more. An extract from the “old” math.h (in 2009): However: on newer platforms (at least on my 64 bit … Read more
On some (especially older) platforms (see the comments below) you might need to and then include the necessary header file: and the value of pi can be accessed via: In my math.h (2014) it is defined as: but check your math.h for more. An extract from the “old” math.h (in 2009): However: on newer platforms … Read more
Anything over 12! is larger than can fit into a 32-bit int, so such values will overflow and therefore won’t return what you expect. Instead of computing the full factorial each time, take a look at each term in the sequence relative to the previous one. For any given term, the next one is -((x*x)/(flag_2*(flag_2-1)) times the previous one. So … Read more