Re:Faster asin() was hiding in plain sight
by rerdavies on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @07:04PM
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Doesn't seem to be terribly up to date though. It seems to use almost exclusively taylor series, and seems to be completely uninterested in error analysis of any kind. Unless I'm missing something.
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Re:Faster asin() was hiding in plain sight
by exmadscientist on Thursday March 12, 2026 @02:51AM
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It's a general-purpose reference for mathematicians, not specifically for numerical analysis. Mathematicians are usually interested in the boring old power series centered at zero (Maclaurin series), so that's what gets prominence.