我尝试用 C 语言实现正弦函数,但得到了奇怪的结果。以下是我用来计算正弦的三个函数:
#define PI 3.14159265358979323846
#define DEPTH 16
double sine(long double);
long double pow(long double, unsigned int);
unsigned int fact(unsigned int);
double sine(long double x) {
long double i_x = x *= PI/180;
int n = 3, d = 0, sign = -1;
// fails past 67 degrees
for (; d < DEPTH; n += 2, d++, sign *= -1) {
x += pow(i_x, n) / fact(n) * sign;
}
return x;
}
long double pow(long double base, unsigned int exp) {
double answer = 1;
while (exp) {
answer *= base;
exp--;
}
return answer;
}
unsigned int fact(unsigned int n) {
unsigned int answer = 1;
while (n > 1) {
answer *= n--;
}
return answer;
}
为了测试它,我已经针对内置正弦函数对其进行了测试,如下所示:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
main() {
for (int i = 0; i <= 180; i++) {
printf("sin(%i) = %lf, %lf\n", i, sine(i), sin(i*3.14159265358979323846/180));
}
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
直至 67 度,其计算结果与内置函数相同。不过,当它超过 67 时,它通常会偏离实际值越来越远。
这是一个示例输出:
>> sin(100) = 0.987711, 0.984808
>> sin(101) = 0.986885, 0.981627
>> sin(102) = 0.987056, 0.978148
>> sin(103) = 0.988830, 0.974370
>> sin(104) = 0.993060, 0.970296
>> sin(105) = 1.000948, 0.965926
>> sin(106) = 1.014169, 0.961262
>> sin(107) = 1.035052, 0.956305
>> sin(108) = 1.066807, 0.951057
>> sin(109) = 1.113846, 0.945519
>> sin(110) = 1.182194, 0.939693
>> sin(111) = 1.280047, 0.933580
>> sin(112) = 1.418502, 0.927184
>> sin(113) = 1.612527, 0.920505
>> sin(114) = 1.882224, 0.913545
>> sin(115) = 2.254492, 0.906308
>> sin(116) = 2.765192, 0.898794
>> sin(117) = 3.461969, 0.891007
...
>> sin(180) = 8431648.192239, 0.000000
有谁知道为什么会发生这种情况?我正在 Windows 7 上使用 Visual Studio 2017,如果这提供了任何有用的信息。