On 6/9/10 9:28 AM, Raymond Toy wrote:
> While playing around, I noticed that maxima doesn't know the value of
> cot(%pi/8). This can obviously be derived using the half-angle formula
> from cot(%pi/4), which maxima knows.
>
> I noticed that ntrig1 handled multiples of %pi/10 but nothing else. So
> I updated it to handle multiples of %pi/2^n, %pi/3/2^n, and %pi/5/2^n.
> I was debating on whether to just post the code somewhere or updating
> ntrig1. Any objections to updating ntrig1?
Oops. Just found that spangl.mac can handle %pi/8 and other cases, and
produces much simpler results.
ntrig1 and spangl and my own code should be merged and rationalized into
one, I think.
Ray