[R] acos(0.5) == pi/3 FALSE

[Peter Dalgaard]

Iñaki Murillo Arcos <inaki.murillo at ehu.es> writes:

> Hello,
> 
>   I don't know if the result of
> 
>   acos(0.5) == pi/3
> 
> is a bug or not. It looks strange to me.

Have a look in the R FAQ:

>   acos(0.5) - pi/3
[1] 2.220446e-16



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