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In article <2048@lanl.ARPA> jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>Since PI/2 is not exactly representable, there is no representable value of
>X which will produce COS(X)=0 for all rounding modes.  Similarly, no value
>of X will produce SIN(X)=1 for rounding modes which truncate down.  This is
>an example of the type of problems that occur when dealing with
>trancendantal numbers on with only a subset of the rationals to calculate
>with.

This particular instance is trivially curable by using functions sinpi(),
etc.  which return sin(pi*( )), etc.  It's a bad habit to implement a
function in one particular way solely out of respect for the classical
notation.  I prefer implementations that respect standard usage.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720