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The answer to Cos(1.57079632) (in radians) will give you a clue as to how your calculator does it. See here [0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/calculators/comme
by dm319 3y ago
The answer to Cos(1.57079632) (in radians) will give you a clue as to how your calculator does it.
See here [0]
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/calculators/comments/126st95/cos157079632_is_a_bit_of_a_torture_test/ https://www.reddit.com/r/calculators/comments/126st95/cos157...
- the_third_wave 3y agoQuite well when you realise this comes down to cos(π/2) to which the thing answers correctly: cos(π/2) = 0. Using HiPER Calc on Android
- dm319 3y agoThe number is deliberately close but not the same as pi/2. See here: https://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv017.cgi?read=123814 https://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv017.c... And you can compare to wolfram alphas result.
- aidenn0 3y ago6.7948900e-9 which has only the first 5 digits correct (if you assume it would have to have been 6.79490 to get 6 digits correct since that is what the correct value rounds to)