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Re: Trigonometric Problem, Particularly tan() Function
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Re: Trigonometric Problem, Particularly tan() Function


  • Subject: Re: Trigonometric Problem, Particularly tan() Function
  • From: "Dave DeLong" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:34:15 -0600

I know this may seem like a silly question, but are you passing in the
value to tan() in degrees or radians?

Dave

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Patrick Walker
<email@hidden> wrote:
> For some reason, using standard trigonometric functions are not behaving as
> they should once you hit 90 degrees.  I'm not importing another
> framework/library and assuming the ones I'm calling are the same ones found
> in the standby "math.h".  The functions return correct values until you
> reach odd multiples of 90 degrees when one should not be getting finite
> values as I am getting.
>
> I'm assuming that the functions that I am using are basically from math.h
> and using a Taylor-like numerical method.
>
> Any suggestions or alternatives?  I've looked/searched through the
> documentation and have not found any other options.
>
> Thank you for your time.
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