#On the name of ALLAH and may the blessing and peace of Allah #be upon the Messenger of Allah Mohamed Salla Allahu Aliahi Wassalam. #Author : Fouad Teniou #Date : 03/08/10 #version :2.6 """ maclaurin_cos_pow2 is a function to compute cos(x) using maclaurin series and the interval of convergence is -inf < x < +inf cosĀ²(x) = 1- x^2 + 2^3*x^4/4! - 2^5*x^6/6! ........... """ from math import * def maclaurin_cos_pow2(value,k): """ Compute maclaurin's series approximation for cos^2(x). """ global first_value first_value = 0.0 #attempt to Approximate cos^2(x) for a given value try: for item in xrange(4,k,4): next_value = (2**(item-1))*(value*pi/180)**item/factorial(item) first_value += next_value for item in xrange(2,k,4): next_value = -1*(2**(item-1))*((value*pi/180)**item/factorial(item)) first_value += next_value return first_value +1 #Raise TypeError if input is not a number except TypeError: print 'Please enter an integer or a float value' if __name__ == "__main__": maclaurin_cos1 = maclaurin_cos_pow2(135,100) print maclaurin_cos1 maclaurin_cos2 = maclaurin_cos_pow2(45,100) print maclaurin_cos2 maclaurin_cos3 = maclaurin_cos_pow2(30,100) print maclaurin_cos3 ############################################################# #FT python "C: #0.5 #0.5 #0.75