> sin(3.141592653589793) [1] 1.224606e-16 Regards,
Olivier Delaigue Nguyen Dinh Nguyen wrote: > > Dear all, > I found something strange when calculating sin of pi value > sin(pi) > [1] 1.224606e-16 > > pi > [1] 3.141593 > > sin(3.141593) > [1] -3.464102e-07 > > Any help and comment should be appreciated. > Regards > Nguyen > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/sin%28pi%29--tf4370556.html#a12457181 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.