Simplify[ArcTan[Cos[[Phi]],Sin[[Phi]]]]
I was expecting [Phi], but Wolfram doesn’t do anything about it, it just spits it out as is. How to get the desired result:
ArcTan[Cos[Phi],Sin[Phi]] = ArcTan[Tan[Phi]]=[Phi]?
Many thanks!
ArcTan[Tan[Phi]]=[Phi] is not true unless Phi is in the range of ArcTan.
Try
Simplify[ArcTan[Cos[\[Phi]], Sin[\[Phi]]], -Pi < \[Phi] <= Pi]
That solved my problem, thank you!
It is a little disappointing that Mathematica cannot decide that this is True:
FullSimplify[\[Phi] - 2 Pi == ArcTan[Cos[\[Phi]], Sin[\[Phi]]],
Pi < \[Phi] < 3 Pi]
The result of this is bizarre:
Reduce[\[Phi] - 2 Pi ==
ArcTan[Cos[\[Phi]], Sin[\[Phi]]] &&
Pi < \[Phi] < 3 Pi,
\[Phi], Reals]