Scientific Functions

ACOS

Returns the arccosine of n . The arccosine is the angle, in radians, in the range [0... π ], whose cosine is n .

ACOS(n)

ACOS(0.540302306)

This expression would return would return: 1

ASIN

Returns the arcsine, or inverse sine, of n . The arcsine is the angle, in radians, in the range - [- π /2... π /2], whose sine is n .

ASIN(n)

COS(1)

This expression would return would return: 0.540302306

ATAN

Returns the arctangent of n . The arctangent is the angle, in radians, in the range [- π /2... π /2], whose tangent is n .

ATAN(n)

ATAN(1.557407725)

This expression would return would return: 1

ATAN2

Returns the arctangent of the specified ( x, y ) coordinates, in radians, in the range (- π /2... π /2].

ATAN2(y,x)

ATAN2(2,2)

This expression would return would return: 0.785398163

COS

Returns the cosine of n , where n is an angle in radians.

COS(angle)

COS(1)

This expression would return would return: 0.540302306

EXP

Returns e (the base of natural logarithms) raised to the power of n .

EXP(n)

EXP(2.5)

This expression would return would return: 12.18249396

LOGN

Returns the natural logarithm n .

LOGN(n)

LOGN(12.18249396 )

This expression would return would return: 2.5

POW

Returns the result of a number n raised to the power of p .

POW(n,p)

where n is the base number and p is the power

POW(2,10) == 1024

This expression would return would return: 1024

SIN

Returns the sine of an angle, in radians.

SIN(angle)

SIN(1)

This expression would return would return: 0.841470985

SQ

Returns the square value of n .

SQ(n)

SQ(6)

This expression would return would return: 36

SQRT

Returns the square root of n .

SQRT(n)

SQRT(256)

This expression would return would return: 16

TAN

Returns the tangent of an angle, in radians.

TAN(angle)

TAN(1)

This expression would return would return: 1.557407725