Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!jxs118 From: JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel) Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Wanted: Good alg for Ln, sin, exp, etc Message-ID: <90338.210420JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 02:04:20 GMT Organization: Penn State University Lines: 8 Can anyone point me to a reference book that has effecient algorithms for finding natural logs, sines, exponentials, etc? I would like to implement some of these functions in REXX, which is very powerful because it allows numbers with any desired amount of precision, but unfortunately REXX can only do simple arithmetic (add,sub,mult,div,modulus, integral division) Jeff Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com