RE: Sin[30*Degree] vs Sin[29*Degree]
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- Subject: [mg72079] RE: [mg72057] Sin[30*Degree] vs Sin[29*Degree]
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:54:55 -0500 (EST)
Steven, Because Mathematica returns exact results and it has no further simplifications for 29 and 31 Degree. Use N if you want approximate number results. David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ From: Steven Shippee [mailto:slshippee at comcast.net] What is happening here: Sin[30*Degree] Sin[31*Degree] Sin[29*Degree] which makes it appear that only the first line of input works? However, if I do something like: \!\(Sin[\(29*Pi\)\/180. ]\) I get the expected result ... I'm sure it is me, what am I missing in that I think I am not seeing consistent behavior? Thanks in advance, Steven Shippee slshippee at comcast.net