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017package org.apache.commons.numbers.arrays;
018
019/**
020 * Computes the cosine of the angle between two vectors.
021 */
022public final class CosAngle {
023
024    /** Private constructor. */
025    private CosAngle() {
026        // intentionally empty.
027    }
028
029    /**
030     * Computes the cosine of the angle between {@code v1} and {@code v2}.
031     *
032     * @param v1 Cartesian coordinates of the first vector.
033     * @param v2 Cartesian coordinates of the second vector.
034     * @return the cosine of the angle between the vectors.
035     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the sizes of the input arrays are different
036     */
037    public static double value(double[] v1,
038                               double[] v2) {
039        return LinearCombination.value(v1, v2) / SafeNorm.value(v1) / SafeNorm.value(v2);
040    }
041}
042