How does the computer find sin()?

[simpleSoft]

Just out of curiosity, we were talking in our Calc class about Taylor Polynomials, and the teacher suggested maybe that is how a calculator/computer takes the sine of a number. Does any one know where I can go and see how the computer finds the sine of a number?


***BTW I checked the Math class included in flash and it says its a "intrinsic class Math" and this is the function that defines sin = "static function sin(value:Number):Number;" What does that mean?

[Voetsjoeba]

***BTW I checked the Math class included in flash and it says its a "intrinsic class Math" and this is the function that defines sin = "static function sin(value:Number):Number;" What does that mean?
Read through Senocular's AS 2.0 OOP tutorial to find out ;)

[simpleSoft]

Well thank you for the answer to what intrinsic classes are. Is there a more indepth class that describes the Math class?

[jbum]

You might find the following book of interest:

Elementary Functions: Algorithms and Implementation (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/081763990X/104-9659926-0855955?v=glance)