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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Steven G. Kargl   
   Re: Angle Units For Trig Functions   
   24 Oct 24 04:47:06   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:17:15 -0000 (UTC), Steven G. Kargl wrote:   
      
   > One of these values is wrong.   
      
   Only if you assume the input numbers were somehow “exact” or “perfect”   
   to   
   begin with.   
      
   There’s an old principle in computing: “Garbage In, Garbage Out”.   
      
   > You seem to be missing that argument reduction for sind(x)   
   > is much easier than argument reduction for sin(x).   
      
   But that only worked for one angle, and for nothing else.   
      
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