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There is a blogpost linked in the annotations: http://jeanmariechauvet.com/papers/curttrig.html http://jeanmariechauvet.com/papers/curttrig.html

• throwaway744678 5y ago
  Here are the graphs [0] for both functions from the article: + 1/2 * sin(x * pi / 2) + 0.785313 * x - 0.321615 x^3 + 0.0363551 x^5 [0] https://www.desmos.com/calculator/x7tm7i2qtj https://www.desmos.com/calculator/x7tm7i2qtj
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  • hexomancer 5y ago
    Also here is the same graph with the classic taylor expansion of sin with 3 terms (x + (x^3)/(3!) + (x^5)/(5!)): https://www.desmos.com/calculator/emfz64hjhv https://www.desmos.com/calculator/emfz64hjhv
    • jacobolus 5y ago
      Showing relative error: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/a3whptxkqu https://www.desmos.com/calculator/a3whptxkqu