The TAN function is a Math and Trigonometry function, and its purpose is to return a tangent of a number or angle. In this post, we show you how to use the TAN function in Microsoft Excel.

David Alan Grier, “Irene Stegun, the Handbook of Mathematical Functions, and the Lingering Influence of the New Deal,” American Mathematical Monthly, 113 #7, August-September 2006, pp. 585-597.

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The Handbook of Mathematical Functions by Milton Abramovich and Irene Stegun is the one book I would wish to have on a desert island. Unlike a novel, it withstands infinities of rereadings.

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