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``Re: Value of numerical tables'' by drini on 2005-02-26 18:52:30
ok, I agree, so if you give me a solid reason why it is harmful to have such entries, I'll delete the trig tables (although I still think they're the prototype of "reference material")

For creating them I used Mathematica stating I wanted 10 digit precision (although this wasn't always achievable, like for tan(x) when x is very very close to 90º )

The particular commands used were all of the form
N[Table[{n, Sin[n Degree]}, {n, 0, 90}], 10]
(of course, for the values of sin close to 0, and cos, tan close to 90 I used more granularity (smaller steps)
 f
G -----> H G
p \ /_ ----- ~ f(G)
 \ / f ker f
 G/ker f 
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