This is worse than just using the series directly. It may be fast for the sin function but not the bessels.
------------Original Message------------
From: "Richard Fateman" <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu>
To: "'Richard Hennessy'" <rvh2007 at comcast.net>
Cc: "'Maxima List'" <maxima at math.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun-10-2008 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Maxima] ansi gcl in rpm
try taylor(sin(x),x,0,20);
horner(%,x);
optimize(%);
f(x):=''%;
compile(f);
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> To: fateman at EECS.Berkeley.EDU; 'Michel Talon'
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> I meant taylor takes too long not the power series.
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