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Updated: 12 December 1998

OpenVMS VAX RTL Mathematics (MTH$) Manual

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Part 2
Scalar MTH$ Reference Section

 The Scalar MTH$ Reference Section provides detailed descriptions of the scalar routines provided by the OpenVMS RTL Mathematics (MTH$) Facility.

MTH$xACOS

Given the cosine of an angle, the Arc Cosine of Angle Expressed in Radians routine returns that angle (in radians).

Format

MTH$ACOS cosine

MTH$DACOS cosine

MTH$GACOS cosine

Each of the above formats accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

Corresponding JSB Entry Points

MTH$ACOS_R4

MTH$DACOS_R7

MTH$GACOS_R7

Each of the above JSB entry points accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

RETURNS


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: write only
mechanism: by value

Angle in radians. The angle returned will have a value in the range:
0 <= angle <= Pi sign

MTH$ACOS returns an F-floating number. MTH$DACOS returns a D-floating number. MTH$GACOS returns a G-floating number.

Argument

cosine


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: read only
mechanism: by reference

The cosine of the angle whose value (in radians) is to be returned. The cosine argument is the address of a floating-point number that is this cosine. The absolute value of cosine must be less than or equal to 1. For MTH$ACOS, cosine specifies an F-floating number. For MTH$DACOS, cosine specifies a D-floating number. For MTH$GACOS, cosine specifies a G-floating number.

Description

The angle in radians whose cosine is X is computed as:
Value of Cosine Value Returned
0 Pi sign/2
1 0
-1 Pi sign
0 < X < 1 zATAN(zSQRT(1-X 2)/X) , where zATAN and zSQRT are the Math Library arc tangent and square root routines, respectively, of the appropriate data type
-1 < X < 0 zATAN(zSQRT(1-X 2)/X) + Pi sign
1 < |X| The error MTH$_INVARGMAT is signaled

See MTH$HACOS for the description of the H-floating point version of this routine.

Condition Values Signaled

SS$_ROPRAND Reserved operand. The MTH$xACOS routine encountered a floating-point reserved operand due to incorrect user input. A floating-point reserved operand is a floating-point datum with a sign bit of 1 and a biased exponent of 0. Floating-point reserved operands are reserved for future use by Digital.
MTH$_INVARGMAT Invalid argument. The absolute value of cosine is greater than 1. LIB$SIGNAL copies the floating-point reserved operand to the mechanism argument vector CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1. The result is the floating-point reserved operand unless you have written a condition handler to change CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1.

Examples

#1 

100     !+ 
        ! This BASIC program demonstrates the use of 
        ! MTH$ACOS. 
        !- 
 
        EXTERNAL REAL FUNCTION MTH$ACOS 
        DECLARE REAL COS_VALUE, ANGLE 
300     INPUT "Cosine value between -1 and +1 "; COS_VALUE 
400     IF (COS_VALUE < -1) OR (COS_VALUE > 1) 
                THEN PRINT "Invalid cosine value" 
                     GOTO 300 
500     ANGLE = MTH$ACOS( COS_VALUE ) 
        PRINT "The angle with that cosine is "; ANGLE; "radians" 
32767   END

This BASIC program prompts for a cosine value and determines the angle that has that cosine. The output generated by this program is as follows: 


$ RUN ACOS
Cosine value between -1 and +1 ?  .5
The angle with that cosine is 1.0472 radians

#2 

PROGRAM GETANGLE(INPUT,OUTPUT); 
 
{+} 
{ This Pascal program uses MTH$ACOS to determine 
{ the angle which has the cosine given as input. 
{-} 
 
VAR 
        COS : REAL; 
 
FUNCTION MTH$ACOS(COS : REAL) : REAL; 
        EXTERN; 
 
BEGIN 
        WRITE('Cosine value between -1 and +1:  '); 
        READ (COS); 
        WRITELN('The angle with that cosine is ', MTH$ACOS(COS), 
        ' radians'); 
END.

This Pascal program prompts for a cosine value and determines the angle that has that cosine. The output generated by this program is as follows: 


$ RUN ACOS
Cosine value between -1 and +1:  .5
The angle with that cosine is 1.04720E+00 radians

MTH$xACOSD

Given the cosine of an angle, the Arc Cosine of Angle Expressed in Degrees routine returns that angle (in degrees).

Format

MTH$ACOSD cosine

MTH$DACOSD cosine

MTH$GACOSD cosine

Each of the above formats accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

Corresponding JSB Entry Points

MTH$ACOSD_R4

MTH$DACOSD_R7

MTH$GACOSD_R7

Each of the above JSB entry points accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

RETURNS


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: write only
mechanism: by value

Angle in degrees. The angle returned will have a value in the range: 


        0 <= angle <= 180

MTH$ACOSD returns an F-floating number. MTH$DACOSD returns a D-floating number. MTH$GACOSD returns a G-floating number.

Argument

cosine


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, G_floating, D_floating
access: read only
mechanism: by reference

Cosine of the angle whose value (in degrees) is to be returned. The cosine argument is the address of a floating-point number that is this cosine. The absolute value of cosine must be less than or equal to 1. For MTH$ACOSD, cosine specifies an F-floating number. For MTH$DACOSD, cosine specifies a D-floating number. For MTH$GACOSD, cosine specifies a G-floating number.

Description

The angle in degrees whose cosine is X is computed as:
Value of Cosine Angle Returned
0 90
1 0
-1 180
0 < X < 1 zATAND(zSQRT(1-X 2)/X) , where zATAND and zSQRT are the Math Library arc tangent and square root routines, respectively, of the appropriate data type
-1 < X < 0 zATAND(zSQRT(1-X 2)/X) + 180
1 < |X| The error MTH$_INVARGMAT is signaled

See MTH$HACOSD for the description of the H-floating point version of this routine.

Condition Values Signaled

SS$_ROPRAND Reserved operand. The MTH$xACOSD routine encountered a floating-point reserved operand due to incorrect user input. A floating-point reserved operand is a floating-point datum with a sign bit of 1 and a biased exponent of 0. Floating-point reserved operands are reserved for future use by Digital.
MTH$_INVARGMAT Invalid argument. The absolute value of cosine is greater than 1. LIB$SIGNAL copies the floating-point reserved operand to the mechanism argument vector CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1. The result is the floating-point reserved operand unless you have written a condition handler to change CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1.

Example


PROGRAM ACOSD(INPUT,OUTPUT); 
{+} 
{ This Pascal program demonstrates the use of MTH$ACOSD. 
{-} 
FUNCTION MTH$ACOSD(COS : REAL): REAL; EXTERN; 
 
VAR 
  COSINE : REAL; 
  RET_STATUS : REAL; 
 
BEGIN 
  COSINE := 0.5; 
  RET_STATUS := MTH$ACOSD(COSINE); 
  WRITELN('The angle, in degrees, is: ', RET_STATUS); 
END.

The output generated by this Pascal example program is as follows: 


The angle, expressed in degrees, is:  6.00000E+01

MTH$xASIN

Given the sine of an angle, the Arc Sine in Radians routine returns that angle (in radians).

Format

MTH$ASIN sine

MTH$DASIN sine

MTH$GASIN sine

Each of the above formats accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

Corresponding JSB Entry Points

MTH$ASIN_R4

MTH$DASIN_R7

MTH$GASIN_R7

Each of the above JSB entry points accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

RETURNS


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: write only
mechanism: by value

Angle in radians. The angle returned will have a value in the range:
-Pi sign/2 <= angle <= Pi sign/2

MTH$ASIN returns an F-floating number. MTH$DASIN returns a D-floating number. MTH$GASIN returns a G-floating number.

Argument

sine


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: read only
mechanism: by reference

The sine of the angle whose value (in radians) is to be returned. The sine argument is the address of a floating-point number that is this sine. The absolute value of sine must be less than or equal to 1. For MTH$ASIN, sine specifies an F-floating number. For MTH$DASIN, sine specifies a D-floating number. For MTH$GASIN, sine specifies a G-floating number.

Description

The angle in radians whose sine is X is computed as:
Value of Sine Angle Returned
0 0
1 Pi sign/2
-1 -Pi sign/2
0 < |X| < 1 zATAN(X/zSQRT(1-X 2)) , where zATAN and zSQRT are the Math Library arc tangent and square root routines, respectively, of the appropriate data type
1 < |X| The error MTH$_INVARGMAT is signaled

See MTH$HASIN for the description of the H-floating point version of this routine.

Condition Values Signaled

SS$_ROPRAND Reserved operand. The MTH$xASIN routine encountered a floating-point reserved operand due to incorrect user input. A floating-point reserved operand is a floating-point datum with a sign bit of 1 and a biased exponent of 0. Floating-point reserved operands are reserved for future use by Digital.
MTH$_INVARGMAT Invalid argument. The absolute value of sine is greater than 1. LIB$SIGNAL copies the floating-point reserved operand to the mechanism argument vector CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1. The result is the floating-point reserved operand unless you have written a condition handler to change CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1.

MTH$xASIND

Given the sine of an angle, the Arc Sine in Degrees routine returns that angle (in degrees).

Format

MTH$ASIND sine

MTH$DASIND sine

MTH$GASIND sine

Each of the above formats accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

Corresponding JSB Entry Points

MTH$ASIND_R4

MTH$DASIND_R7

MTH$GASIND_R7

Each of the above JSB entry points accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

RETURNS


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: write only
mechanism: by value

Angle in degrees. The angle returned will have a value in the range:
-90 <= angle <= 90

MTH$ASIND returns an F-floating number. MTH$DASIND returns a D-floating number. MTH$GASIND returns a G-floating number.

Argument

sine


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: read only
mechanism: by reference

Sine of the angle whose value (in degrees) is to be returned. The sine argument is the address of a floating-point number that is this sine. The absolute value of sine must be less than or equal to 1. For MTH$ASIND, sine specifies an F-floating number. For MTH$DASIND, sine specifies a D-floating number. For MTH$GASIND, sine specifies a G-floating number.

Description

The angle in degrees whose sine is X is computed as:
Value of Sine Value Returned
0 0
1 90
-1 -90
0 < |X| < 1 zATAND(X/zSQRT(1-X 2)) , where zATAND and zSQRT are the Math Library arc tangent and square root routines, respectively, of the appropriate data type
1 < |X| The error MTH$_INVARGMAT is signaled

See MTH$HASIND for the description of the H-floating version of this routine.

Condition Values Signaled

SS$_ROPRAND Reserved operand. The MTH$xASIND routine encountered a floating-point reserved operand due to incorrect user input. A floating-point reserved operand is a floating-point datum with a sign bit of 1 and a biased exponent of 0. Floating-point reserved operands are reserved for future use by Digital.
MTH$_INVARGMAT Invalid argument. The absolute value of sine is greater than 1. LIB$SIGNAL copies the floating-point reserved operand to the mechanism argument vector CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1. The result is the floating-point reserved operand unless you have written a condition handler to change CHF$L_MCH_SAVR0/R1.

MTH$xATAN

Given the tangent of an angle, the Arc Tangent in Radians routine returns that angle (in radians).

Format

MTH$ATAN tangent

MTH$DATAN tangent

MTH$GATAN tangent

Each of the above formats accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

Corresponding JSB Entry Points

MTH$ATAN_R4

MTH$DATAN_R7

MTH$GATAN_R7

Each of the above JSB entry points accepts one of the floating-point types as input.

RETURNS


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: write only
mechanism: by value

Angle in radians. The angle returned will have a value in the range:
-Pi sign/2 <= angle <= Pi sign/2

MTH$ATAN returns an F-floating number. MTH$DATAN returns a D-floating number. MTH$GATAN returns a G-floating number.

Argument

tangent


OpenVMS usage: floating_point
type: F_floating, D_floating, G_floating
access: read only
mechanism: by reference

The tangent of the angle whose value (in radians) is to be returned. The tangent argument is the address of a floating-point number that is this tangent. For MTH$ATAN, tangent specifies an F-floating number. For MTH$DATAN, tangent specifies a D-floating number. For MTH$GATAN, tangent specifies a G-floating number.

Description

In radians, the computation of the arc tangent function is based on the following identities:
  arctan(X) = X - X 3/3 + X 5/5 - X 7/7 + ...
  arctan(X) = X + X*Q(X 2),
where Q(Y) = - Y/3 + Y 2/5 - Y 3/7 + ...
  arctan(X) = X*P(X 2),
where P(Y) = 1 - Y/3 + Y 2/5 - Y 3/7 + ...
  arctan(X) = Pi sign/2 - arctan(1/X)
  arctan(X) = arctan(A) + arctan((X-A)/(1+A*X))
for any real A

The angle in radians whose tangent is X is computed as:
Value of X Angle Returned
0 <= X <= 3/32 X + X * Q(X 2)
3/32 < X <= 11 ATAN(A) + V* (P(V 2)), where A and ATAN(A) are chosen by table lookup and V = (X - A)/(1 + A*X)
11 < X Pi sign/2 - W* (P(W 2)) where W = 1/X
X < 0 -zATAN(|X|)

See MTH$HATAN for the description of the H-floating point version of this routine.

Condition Value Signaled

SS$_ROPRAND Reserved operand. The MTH$xATAN routine encountered a floating-point reserved operand due to incorrect user input. A floating-point reserved operand is a floating-point datum with a sign bit of 1 and a biased exponent of 0. Floating-point reserved operands are reserved for future use by Digital.

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