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Subject: Re: [9fans] circular fonctions: precision?
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On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 02:06:48PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
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> 754 defines the results to be accurate to within 1 bit.  obviously
> that's as good as you can get.  minix's math(3) points to a collection
> of detailed man pages on the subject.

Does 754 define the precision of circular functions? I have only, on a
draft copy, the algebraic operations?

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