.atan()
Published Jul 19, 2021Updated Aug 24, 2022
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The Math.atan()
method returns the inverse tangent (or arctangent) of the argument in radians.
Syntax
Math.atan(n)
n
is a double
whose arctangent is returned.
Example
The following example uses Math.atan()
to return the inverse tangent of 1.0
:
public class Main {public static void main(String[] args) {double x = 1.0;System.out.println(Math.atan(x));// Output: 0.7853981633974483}}
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