On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 1:18 PM Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Michael Selik <m...@selik.org> wrote: > >> Would sind and cosd make Euler's formula work correctly? > > > There is nothing inherently more accurate in using degrees rather than > radians for trigonometry. > That's actually what I was trying to say. Shouldn't have tried to be round-about. Not only did the point get muddled, but I wrote something false as well! Perhaps you'd prefer an enhancement to the fractions module that provides >> real (not float) math? >> > > Isn't that exactly what the fractions module does? or are you suggesting > that it be extended with trig functions? > The latter. However, to Steven's point about irrationals, perhaps this should be an entirely separate module designed to handle various irrationalities accurately. ... Like SymPy.
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