RE: logs and antilogs (to Kat)
> If I remember correctly you were seeking some time ago for an (almost?)
> 'exact' representation of PI for the computer.
> With relation to this, may I ask you for what purpose do you need exp()
> and log() for 'any given number'? I.e., do you mean to express
> "exp(1.0e+300)" in a program?
>
> Have a nice day, Rolf
Almost exact? Is this really needed? Im just curious. In my distant
youth in one my classrooms, PI was on a banner spanning the entire
classroom across the outside walls. Just for fun (because this class
was quite boring) I would memorize sections of it. After I could recide
40 or so places, I was reading a nice article on the universe and it was
stated therein that PI to 31 decimal places was enough to accurately
measure the circumference of the galaxy to within 3 - 5 atoms (or
something really ludicrus). Needless to say I stopped memorizing it.
If you need PI to any certain degree, I can still recite it out to quite
a few places... Hmm, let me see. 3.1415926535897932384626433833 (last
digit is rounded from 27). Its about 21 more places than I have ever
needed :P
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