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Matias Greog
 04/30/02 03:46am

Hi!

Try this two simple examples:

Sin[2 Pi 100000000000]

And now this:

Sin[2.0 Pi 100000000000]

The answer is strikingly different. Not even using N with a number of digitd solves the problem.
Hints?

Thanks
Matias

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Numerical precision and Sine function Matias Greog 04/30/02 03:46am
Re: Numerical precision and Sine function Henry Lamb 05/14/02 04:53am
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