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| From: | naryana.shankara |
| Subject: | trying to understand why I get 2.2204e-16 rather than 0 |
| Date: | Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:41:35 -0700 (PDT) |
If I enter cot (pi/4)-1 I get 2.2204e-16 >From my trig days I remember cot (pi/4) is 1 and 1-1 is 0 Octave also confirms cot (pi/4) is 1 and 1-1 is 0 so why does Octave spit out 2.2204e-16 when cot(pi/4)-1 is entered? -- View this message in context: http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/trying-to-understand-why-I-get-2-2204e-16-rather-than-0-tp4678993.html Sent from the Octave - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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