Sine and Cosine Accuracy

Scott Robert Ladd scott.ladd@coyotegulch.com
Sat May 28 05:02:00 GMT 2005


Evandro,

> Any perceived increase in accuracy in this test comes
> from intermediary calculations being done with 80 bits and
> because the errors in fsin are complementary to those in fcos.

I'm always willing to see my mistakes revealed, if it can be done so
eloquently and politely. Unlike some people in this thread, you've been
both eloquent and polite; thank you.

I still maintain that hardware fsin and fcos are valid and valuable for
certain classes of applications, and that we need better options and
documentation -- both of which I'm more than happy to work on. I look
forward to your future comments.

..Scott



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