simplification of atan2



On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, Robert Dodier wrote:


> if x > 0 then %pi/4 elseif x < 0 then 5*%pi/4 else 'atan2(x, x)

Why not conform to maple and use the principle value of the argument
between %-pi and %pi as in

if x > 0 then %pi/4 elseif x < 0 then -3*%pi/4 else 'atan2(x, x)

-sen

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