R: Trigonometric Functions

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## Trigonometric Functions

### Description

These functions give the obvious trigonometric functions. They respectively compute the cosine, sine, tangent, arc-cosine, arc-sine, arc-tangent, and the two-argument arc-tangent.

### Usage

    cos(x)
    sin(x)
    tan(x)
    acos(x)
    asin(x)
    atan(x)
    atan2(y, x)

### Arguments

`x, y` | numeric vector

### Details

The arc-tangent of two arguments `atan2(y,x)` returns the angle between the x-axis and the vector from the origin to (x,y), i.e., for positive arguments `atan2(y,x) == atan(y/x)`.

Angles are in radians, not degrees (i.e., a right angle is π/2).

All except `atan2` are generic functions: methods can be defined for them individually or via the `Math` group generic.

### References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

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