Those properties allow us to create Table 1, listing the appropriate arctan approximation based on the octant location of complex x. So we have to check the signs of Q and I, and see if |Q | > |I |, to determine the octant location and then use the appropriate approximation in Table 1. The maximum angle approximation error is 0.26◦ for all octants. When θ is in the fifth octant, the above algorithm will yield a θ ′ that’s more positive than +π radians. If we need to keep the θ ′ estimate in the range of −π to +π , we can rotate any θ residing in the fifth quadrant +π/4 rad (45◦) by multiplying (I + jQ ) by (1 + j ), placing it in the sixth octant. That multiplication yields new real and imaginary parts defined as
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