Re: precision on all calcs
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Re: precision on all calcs
Not perfect obviously (there isn't a perfect pi), but precise to the
decimals the calculator displays. (That is only 11 digits, which shouldn't
be too dificult)
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From: Bernard Domroy <bdomroy@IEPSNET.COM>
To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Date: Sunday, June 22, 1997 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: precision on all calcs
>If you folks would pay attention in your math classes instead of playing
>these silly games, you would know the answer. Pi is an irrational
number.
>Yet you would like a computer algorithm that returns an exact value for
the
>sin (1). That's rich!!!
>
>At 23:57 6/21/97 UT, you wrote:
>>I just realized something. Even in degree mode, 180*sin(1) does not
exactly
>>equal pi. It differs in the ten-thousandth place, and if it were pi, the
>TI-92
>>would give that as an answer, but it doesn't. Oh well. I'll bet changing
to
>>degree mode solves his problem anyway.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jeff Tyrrill [SMTP:jeff_tyrrill@geocities.com]
>>Sent: Saturday, June 21, 1997 4:51 PM
>>To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
>>Subject: RE: precision on all calcs
>>
>>Change your calculator from the default radian mode to degree mode.
>>________________
>>
>>Jeff Tyrrill's TI Calculator Site: Contains programming tips,
undocumented
>>discoveries and tips for power users, and comparisons of the different
>>calculator models.
>>http://tyrrill-ticalc.home.ml.org/
>>
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and
>>more.
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>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Open discussion of TI Graphing Calculators On Behalf Of
Boogeyman
>>Sent: Saturday, June 21, 1997 1:12 PM
>>To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
>>Subject: precision on all calcs
>>
>>When I make 180*sin1 on any of my calcs (80,82,92) I got something
weird,
>>but never pi. Does anybody know if it's the case with other calcs (I
only
>>go Ti's) ? (It also works with win calc, so I suppose somethin's wrong
in
>>all the OS.)
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Boogeyman
>>
>
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