I just received the new Canon F-766S Scientific calculator and was shocked!
This little thing (US$ 15) is faster than anything I know. The simple 69! calculates instantly.
Mike Sebastian's calculator forensics (inv sin(inv cos(inv tan(tan(cos(sin 9)))))) takes less than 1 second and reports an amazingly precise 14 digits result of 8.9999999817692.
Yes, we know this result! The TI-89 uses the same 14 digits of "precision" and reports the same numbers.
How is this possibly? TI algorithm in Canon calculators? Shareware? Both calcs developed by Inventec?
Please advise...
Regards,
Joerg