How do you evaluate arctan(1)?

2 Answers
Aug 13, 2016

=45
=π4

Explanation:

arctan(1)
=tan1(1)
=45
=π4

Aug 13, 2016

arctan(1)=π4

Explanation:


θ=arctan(1) is the angle θ(π2,π2) satisfying tan(θ)=1


Note that the triangle formed by bisecting a unit square diagonally is a right angled triangle with sides 1, 1, 2 and angles π4, π4 and π2.

So we find:

tan(π4)=oppositeadjacent=11=1

So θ=π4 satisfies tan(θ)=1 and is in the required range.


So:

arctan(1)=π4