HP35s Revisited Trig Quandary Bug # 2

[Thomas Klemm]

(02-16-2015 11:53 PM)MarkHaysHarris777 Wrote:  So, here is COS(89.9999) calculated to 500 digits:

Any reason for not using mpmath?

>>> from mpmath import *
>>> mp.dps = 500; mp.pretty = True
>>> arg = mpf('89.9999')
>>> cos(arg*degree)
0.000001745329251993443480767989605432786337627037312316176388873390931431554460​41360462904334365249335531055809287604438274442522096084140764859073443378471194​48948828512712058055726413331807627260020175652982884954161960424446318969977141​75132577300742842685207613919951602005662147690953427519610453528493822291308882​39017050032565967537592386621092663154955614255895040086322506359476098786735809​82632745296514824299930490272874039749943660184410685301981172847714229781608738​522219431997542244860816323

Cheers
Thomas