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submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by soupborsh@discuss.tchncs.de to c/math@lemmy.world

Is there a way to make the function

f(w,t)=sin(wt)/w

defined at w = 0?

I want to achieve better numerical stability, and make it continuous everywhere.

Observation: Using lim~w->0~ f(w,t)

I know that at w = 0:

f(0,t) = t

Is it possible to improve this function? I would be really glad to know and why, how. Thank you in advance!

I really do not want to code in smth like: if w < 0.001 { x = t; }

Background notes: My equation also has constant v coefficient, but I removed it for simplicity. f(w,t)=v*sin(wt)/w

If I derived this correctly this should be x component of a motion of a car that rotates with rate w. It goes with const speed and const steer.

These are consts: v - speed, l - base length(dist from rear to front shaft), a - steering angle.

w(a) is defined idk if correctly. w(a) = (vsin(2a))/(2*l) I just logically added proportions, projections, imagining a rear wheel powered car. Put some values I am somewhat confident in, such as: w(0) = 0 w(π/2) = 0

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[-] hendu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

So... you want to define division by zero?

[-] soupborsh@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I thought maybe with some clever algebra or calculus the function can be transformed into function that has outputs equal to current's:

lim~w->a~f(w,t)

Since the limit (AFAIK) is defined everywhere.

Also maybe(idk) dividing really small number by other really small number is numerically unstable? I use f32(32 bit float) on microcontroller.

[-] hendu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Ahh yeah, I misunderstood what you were going for, sorry! Yeah, check out Buildout's suggestion!

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