Re: TI-M: Algebra
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Re: TI-M: Algebra
>heh, well, I obviously knew of this but was excluding it because it covers
>such a trivial number of cases that it's probably useless. This will only
>work if you've got an exact radical. Take sqrt(3)/2, for example - anyone
>who's done more than very basic trigonometry knows that's an important
>number. Obviously, your routine won't pick up the radical here. Once we
actualy, i have one that would do just that, but i don't know if the one i
gave you would do that.
>add any constants into the mix, we kill any attempt to ascertain the
>irrational number in question.
true, that sucks
>Furthermore, in a problem somewhat related to what JL mention earlier, how
>can you tell an irrational number apart from a rational number with nearly
>the same decimal equivalent? It's even worse this time, since there's no
>pattern to look for.
i have tried to tackle that and come close...it still misses some solutions
though
everything i have done so far is extremely slow though
Unfortunately you do have a good point. All i am wondering is how does the
89 do stuff like find the exact value of anything? someone once said to me
that it just has a table of common irrational numbers, but that is bull, the
68k calcs have some stuff that totally confuses me. I want to try and
figure that crap out.
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