New submission from Darshan Kanade <kanadedars...@gmail.com>:
I was solving this problem to find the approximate value of pi using the Archimedes method using two different logics - 1) The first one used the formula pi = k*cos(90-180/k) but when I gave very large input, say k=2**62 sides of polygon, then it gives the value of pi as 282.3843260569851... for comparatively smaller k=1000000 it is around 3.14 2)Because the first one was giving wrong answer for larger values, I googled for solution and came across this other logic using the formula pi = k * sin(180/k). In this method, we get values of pi around 3.14 no matter how large the input is, even if it is k=2**62! ---------- messages: 411005 nosy: Darshan priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Wrong value of pi for larger values using math.cos() function type: behavior versions: Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue46444> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
