Steven D'Aprano wrote:
sin(3°) is:
-1/2 (-1)^(29/60) ((-1)^(1/60) - 1) (1 + (-1)^(1/60))
This proposal was supposed to *simplify* the trig functions for
non-mathematicians, not make them mind-bogglingly complicated.
I don't think anyone is going to complain about sin(3°) not
being exact, whatever units are being used. This discussion
is only about the rational values.
I wonder whether another solution would be to provide a
set of "newbie math" functions that round their results.
>>> round(cos(pi/2), 15)
0.0
>>> round(sin(pi/6), 15)
0.5
Yes, I know, this just pushes the surprises somewhere
else, but so does every solution.
--
Greg
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