trigonometry : Java Glossary
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trigonometry
Use the java.lang.Math class to compute trignometric functions. You say things like:
// calc sine of angle theta, expressed in radians
double s = Math.sin( theta );
You can leave off the Math. if you use a static import.
static import java.lang.Math.*;
...
// calc sine of angle theta, expressed in radians
double s = sin( theta );
Java has two functions for computing arctangent: java.lang.Math.atan and atan2 . They work in radians. The result of atan will always be range -pi/2 to +pi/2. The result of atan2 will be in the range -pi to +pi in the quadrant consistent with the signs of the two arguments.

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