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+.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
+.\" Distributed under GPL
+.\"
+.TH CATAN 3 2002-07-28 "" "complex math routines"
+.SH NAME
+catan, catanf, catanl \- complex arc tangents
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B #include <complex.h>
+.sp
+.BI "double complex catan(double complex " z );
+.sp
+.BI "float complex catanf(float complex " z );
+.sp
+.BI "long double complex catanl(long double complex " z );
+.sp
+Link with \-lm.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The catan() function calculates the complex atan().
+If y = catan(z), then z = ctan(y).
+The real part of y is chosen in the interval [-pi/2,pi/2].
+.LP
+One has
+catan(z) = 1/2i clog((1+iz)/(1-iz)).
+.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+C99
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR ccos (3),
+.BR clog (3),
+.BR complex (5)