While loop to calculate sine
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I have written this code that settles on an incorrect value and I can't see what's wrong. Can anyone show me?
x = pi/4;
analytical = sin(pi/4);
k = 1;
n = 2;
es = .5^(2-n);
et(1) = 1;
sumterms(1) = 0;
while et>=es
thisterm = (-1)^(k+1)*x^(k*2-1)/factorial(k*2-1);
sumterms(k+1) = thisterm + sumterms(k);
et(k+1) = abs(analytical-sumterms(k))/analytical*100;
k = k+1;
end
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the cyclist
il 10 Dic 2016
I don't understand the significance of
es = .5^(2-n);
but that is a very lax accuracy criterion. es = 1 in your case, so you only have to calculate sin(pi/4) within 1!
I hard-coded
es = 0.0001;
and got a much more accurate value of sin(pi/4).
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