result of asin is never more precise than double 3 results were exact to double the precision 20 largest ulp errors (stored in a double) 0.54442 ulp for asin(-0.50053783679999964) = -0.5242199274601802) 0.53718 ulp for asin(-0.45622792859999989) = -0.47375163432873491) 0.53518 ulp for asin(0.63377964060000025) = 0.68642981525872104) 0.52495 ulp for asin(0.44322636960000011) = 0.45919469730559193) 0.52455 ulp for asin(-0.58492832179999965) = -0.62479168171519528) 0.51968 ulp for asin(-0.41812649040000122) = -0.43138188529176269) 0.51961 ulp for asin(-0.67236890519999981) = -0.73740444295390362) 0.51850 ulp for asin(0.36083703140000034) = 0.36916523454323719) 0.51650 ulp for asin(0.41535154879999975) = 0.42832923023234015) 0.51516 ulp for asin(-0.58855413600000006) = -0.62926925174061621) 0.51480 ulp for asin(-0.43409875340000087) = -0.44903761207929327) 0.51443 ulp for asin(0.63377964060000103) = 0.68642981525872193) 0.51357 ulp for asin(-0.62028654460000066) = -0.66910796614473933) 0.51225 ulp for asin(-0.45659141780000012) = -0.4741601548521841) 0.51072 ulp for asin(0.4442875214) = 0.46037882411859216) 0.51050 ulp for asin(0.44322636959999917) = 0.45919469730559082) 0.50975 ulp for asin(-0.74767351620000355) = -0.84455174504056774) 0.50956 ulp for asin(-0.6188490869999993) = -0.66727667656930034) 0.50840 ulp for asin(-0.50053783679999753) = -0.52421992746017765) 0.50823 ulp for asin(-0.53596137560000179) = -0.5656460794910001) asin13440.54442-0.50053783679999964-0.5242199274601802