Re: Sin(x)

[Walter Neumann <neumann@math.columbia.edu>]

For gp "Pi" is a real number approximation to pi, not exactly pi. With 
default precision it is within 10^-28 of pi.

And in fact cos(Pi) is not, as you say, "-1 as it should be" but rather 
a real number close to -1:

? cos(Pi)
%1 = -1.000000000000000000000000000
? cos(Pi)+1
%2 = 1.2744735289059618216 E-57
?

--walter neumann

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Sascha Rissel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a qustion about the sin(x)-function.
>
> Why is cos(Pi) = -1 as it should be, but sin(Pi) = -5.04870979 E-29 and not 
> exactly 0?
> Other values of sin(x) are also a bit "out of place"...
>
> Regards,
>
> Sascha Rissel.