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Re:Implementing Advanced Math Functions by sanxiyn on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @11:36AM (#3889527)
Taylor series is fine for implementing arbitrary precision transcendental functions though. I found this Python implementation enlightening.

http://code.google.com/p/mpmath/source/browse/trunk/mpmath/l...

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Re:Implementing Advanced Math Functions by stephencanon on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @11:36AM (#3889532)
Yes, arbitrary-precision approximations are one area in which they are appropriate.
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