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  Re: cos(pi*3/2) results -0.000  
From: Vadim Sytnikov
Date: 25 Jan 2003 08:46:47
Message: <3e329547$1@news.povray.org>
"Timothy R. Cook" <tim### [at] scifi-fantasycom> wrote:
> > It isn't even a rounding error.  PI can never be represented exactly in
any
> > evaluation (assuming certain properties of PI are indeed true).
>
> Sure it can.  pi = circumference/diameter
> There, I just exactly represented Pi. :)

Sure it cannot.

Could you please specify what exactly is "circumference" in your formula
(w/o just telling it's "diameter*pi")?


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