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use Math::Trig; | use Math::Trig; | ||
print 7*pi/5/exp(1); | print 7*pi/5/exp(1); |
Revision as of 21:37, 21 August 2006
Interesting, the closure of the math tag is missing the / in the docie e^x = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} {x^n \over n!} = 1 + x + {x^2 \over 2!} + {x^3 \over 3!} + {x^4 \over 4!} + \cdots
- Sven 09:48, 16 Nov 2005 (NZDT)
Is the relationship (7/5) * (pi/e) exact, or is it an approximation? --Sven 10:19, 22 Aug 2006 (NZST)
- I had always thought it was exact, but....
use Math::Trig; print 7*pi/5/exp(1); print "\n"; print ((1+sqrt(5))/2); print "\n"; |
- gives...
1.61801828970729 1.61803398874989 |