Re: Sin[30*Degree] vs Sin[29*Degree]
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- Subject: [mg72117] Re: Sin[30*Degree] vs Sin[29*Degree]
- From: "dimitris" <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:38:49 -0500 (EST)
Everything works as desired. Sin[30*Degree] Sin[31*Degree] Sin[29*Degree] 1/2 Sin[31*Degree] Sin[29*Degree] Compare with Sin[30*Degree]//N Sin[31*Degree]//N Sin[29*Degree]//N 0.5 0.515038 0.48481 and Sin[30*Degree]//N[#,40]& Sin[31*Degree]//N[#,40]& Sin[29*Degree]//N[#,40]& 0.5000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.5150380749100542100816319363981382834161 0.4848096202463370290753796224157765682767 Regards Dimitris Steven Shippee wrote: > 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