mini challenge: find the smallest cosine of an integer
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10-23-2021, 06:53 AM
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RE: mini challenge: find the smallest cosine of an integer
Albert, thanks for your further thoughts. On this comment
Quote:Since it is impossible to input x to infinite precision, |cos(x)| does not decrease to zeroI think we are in danger of mixing mathematical results with the results of calculation. The statement Quote:A004112 Numbers k where |cos(k)| (or |cosec(k)| or |cot(k)|) decreases monotonically to 0surely stands, in mathematics, even if it fails in calculation. (It fails because our calculations have finite resources.) Is it certain, though, that there is no calculator input of a positive integer which causes the calculator to return a cos of zero? It's not clear to me, presently. |
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