Ken Shirriff on Nostr: How do computers calculate complicated trig functions such as tangent? I took a look ...
How do computers calculate complicated trig functions such as tangent? I took a look at Intel's 8087 floating-point chip under the microscope to find out. The chip combines two techniques to evaluate the tan function quickly and accurately: polynomials and an algorithm called CORDIC...
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