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Re: Can math.atan2 return INF?

From Random832 <random832@fastmail.com>
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Subject Re: Can math.atan2 return INF?
Date 2016-06-22 12:19 -0400
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2016, at 11:34, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> writes:
> > I think that the only way it will return a NAN is if passed a NAN.
> 
> That seems to be the case but I was a little surprised to find that
> 
>   >>> math.atan2(INF, INF)
>   0.7853981633974483
> 
> I would have expected NaN since atan2(INF, INF) could be thought of as
> the limit of atan2(x, y) which could be any value in the range.  And I'd
> have guessed atan2(0, 0) would have been NaN too but
> 
>   >>> math.atan2(0, 0)
>   0.0

In C, the result of atan2(0, 0) [for any sign of zero] may be
implementation-dependent: "A domain error may occur if both arguments
are zero." In CPython, though, they're explicitly handled as special
cases by the m_atan2 function. The results match that of the x87 FPATAN
instruction, and presumably the IEEE standard (the same results are
prescribed in the IEC 60559 appendix of the C standard)

http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2008/09/180741.html mentions Intel's
rationale (in short, it's because 0+0j is a real number).

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Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-22 03:50 +1000
  Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? pdorange@pas-de-pub-merci.mac.com (Pierre-Alain Dorange) - 2016-06-21 20:01 +0200
    Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-06-21 21:32 +0300
      Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-22 11:40 +1000
        Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-06-27 15:27 +0200
    Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-22 11:38 +1000
      Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? pdorange@pas-de-pub-merci.mac.com (Pierre-Alain Dorange) - 2016-06-22 08:21 +0200
      Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-06-22 16:34 +0100
        Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-06-22 12:19 -0400
        Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? pdorange@pas-de-pub-merci.mac.com (Pierre-Alain Dorange) - 2016-06-22 19:18 +0200
          Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-06-22 20:17 +0100
            Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-22 12:50 -0700
            Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-23 13:59 +1000
              Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-06-23 04:40 +0000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-23 16:45 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-06-23 15:39 +0100
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-06-23 15:04 +0000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-24 02:44 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? pdorange@pas-de-pub-merci.mac.com (Pierre-Alain Dorange) - 2016-06-23 19:14 +0200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-23 20:22 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? pdorange@pas-de-pub-merci.mac.com (Pierre-Alain Dorange) - 2016-06-24 09:53 +0200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-24 13:38 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-26 11:43 +1200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-26 11:40 +1200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-26 10:09 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-27 11:08 +1200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-27 12:59 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-27 09:40 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 06:15 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-27 16:45 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 07:01 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-27 17:12 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 07:27 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-27 20:03 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-28 18:12 +1200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 23:25 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-28 16:27 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-28 18:12 +1200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-28 09:23 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-06-28 09:39 -0400
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-29 01:22 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-28 19:36 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-28 19:42 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-29 19:35 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-29 13:54 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 18:33 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 19:13 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 12:38 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-30 18:24 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@online.de> - 2016-06-30 11:35 +0200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 02:42 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@online.de> - 2016-06-30 12:13 +0200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@online.de> - 2016-06-30 12:11 +0200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-01 03:18 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 08:28 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-01 04:03 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-01 07:19 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-01 18:20 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-29 22:46 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-08-01 12:53 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-31 20:41 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 20:54 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 21:05 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-08-01 01:05 -0600
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-24 19:48 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-30 09:24 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 23:29 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-06-30 07:47 -0400
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-06-30 14:54 +0000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-06-29 23:57 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 00:16 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-06-30 00:32 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 00:39 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-30 18:27 +1000
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@online.de> - 2016-06-30 09:17 +0200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 00:17 -0700
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-30 18:06 +1200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-30 09:32 +0300
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-06-29 09:55 -0400
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-26 11:15 +1200
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-06-26 00:31 +0100
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-06-23 20:04 +0100
                Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? pdorange@pas-de-pub-merci.mac.com (Pierre-Alain Dorange) - 2016-06-23 19:07 +0200
              Re: Can math.atan2 return INF? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-06-23 15:37 +0100

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