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17 Nov 2024 19:14:13 EST (-0500)
  Re: Slope buggerliness  
From: Meow Cat
Date: 14 Feb 2003 17:02:17
Message: <3e4d6769$1@news.povray.org>
"Hans-Detlev Fink" <mas### [at] pecosnospamde> wrote in message
news:3E4### [at] pecosnospamde...
> Doesn't change the basic problem, but shouldn't
>      0.5+asin(y)/pi
> rather be
>      0.5*(1+asin(y)/pi) ?
>
> -Hans-
>

asin did give values in the range [-pi/2, pi/2] the last time I checked...

0.5*(1+(pi/2)/pi) is about 0.75 while 0.5 + (pi/2)/pi is about 1.0

Well, we all make mistakes. In some cases it's half of the fun!

-- MeowCat


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