|---| | [ View source on GitHub](https://github.com/tensorflow/probability/blob/v0.25.0/tensorflow_probability/python/math/special.py#L52-L91) | Difference of arctan(x) and arctan(y). tfp.math.atan_difference( x, y, name=None ) Computes arctan(x) - arctan(y) avoiding catastrophic cancellation. This is by resorting to the identity: arctan(x) - arctan(y) = arctan((x - y) / (1 + x * y)) + pi * sign(x) * 1_{x * y < -1) where `1_A` is the indicator function on the set `A`. For a derivation of this fact, see \[1\]. #### References \[1\] De Stefano, Sum of Arctangents


| ## Args || |---|---| | `x` | Floating-point Tensor. Should be broadcastable with `y`. | | `y` | Floating-point Tensor. Should be broadcastable with `x`. | | `name` | Optional Python `str` naming the operation. |



| ## Returns || |---|---| | `z` | Tensor of same shape and dtype as `x` and `y`. |