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Calculators actually use lookup tables themselves. I don't know if FPUs do too, but I wouldn't be surprised, as it's faster than series expansion.
by TwoBit 6y ago
Calculators actually use lookup tables themselves. I don't know if FPUs do too, but I wouldn't be surprised, as it's faster than series expansion.
- jacobolus 6y agoHandheld calculators generally use the CORDIC algorithm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORDIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORDIC