[VA] "Introducing APRIL !" microchallenge

[J-F Garnier]

(04-02-2022 03:02 AM)Paul Dale Wrote:  We know that the algorithms were improved for the Voyager series over the Spice. That the 41 has an improved algorithm also isn't a big surprise.

We know that the algorithms were improved with the 13-digit precision on the HP-22, 29C and following to make 2^3=8, but I don't remember that the Voyager machines were improved over the Spice.
Do you have more details, or references?

It seems that this is correct, at least for the y^x function, as I mentioned above with the 3^201 test, but I know it since only recently when I tried to run this test on the 33E and the 41C.
BTW, the 34C has the same improvement (for the 3^201 test) as the Voyager and the 41C.
But I really would like to know more (not directly related to the issue reported by Valentin).

J-F