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Different trig algorithms in CAS and Home?
01-04-2018, 08:11 AM
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RE: Different trig algorithms in CAS and Home?
(01-04-2018 01:52 AM)Joe Horn Wrote:  Believe it or not, BOTH of Prime's results are as accurate as possible... IF you keep in mind how Prime rounds its internal floating point numbers in Home and in CAS (they're different).
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So it's the best possible answer that a 12-digit BCD calculator can get.
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So it's the best possible answer that a 48-bit binary calculator can get.

Thank you Joe, as always a precise and informative explanation!

Salvo
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