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ramshorns
1537 days ago
In that range, just returning x would be way better. Maybe even perfect actually - if x is less than 10^-16, then the error of x^3/6 is less than the machine precision for x.
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adgjlsfhk1
1537 days ago
the error isn't when x is small. it's when sin(x) is small. the problem happens for x near multiples of pi
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