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) 0.60844 ulp for asin(0.799176664199999776) = 0.925924244284564324) 0.59793 ulp for asin(-0.869818998599998672) = -1.05483533507623939) 0.57725 ulp for asin(0.904317894800000022) = 1.12977904527051631) 0.57245 ulp for asin(-0.83782862820000048) = -0.993293641139763483) 0.56845 ulp for asin(0.821457679200000346) = 0.96396245637619149) 0.56202 ulp for asin(0.812578045400000448) = 0.94856172825540086) 0.55559 ulp for asin(-0.586934076200000265) = -0.627266820824976978) 0.55105 ulp for asin(-0.907951770800000446) = -1.13837038298183479) 0.55089 ulp for asin(0.435898091399999799) = 0.451035919645164318) 0.55080 ulp for asin(0.435898091399998799) = 0.451035919645163208) 0.54760 ulp for asin(0.575540968200000447) = 0.613265508113167268) 0.54627 ulp for asin(0.96239053100000016) = 1.29566869217864689) 0.54442 ulp for asin(-0.500537836799999636) = -0.524219927460180202) 0.54192 ulp for asin(-0.857539578200001817) = -1.03046750951398725) 0.54105 ulp for asin(0.435898091399888388) = 0.451035919645040528) 0.54093 ulp for asin(0.629379676000000221) = 0.680754696111002033) 0.54091 ulp for asin(0.806882011400000154) = 0.938854572550683164) 0.54050 ulp for asin(0.782890517799999519) = 0.899298275407965697) 0.53836 ulp for asin(0.833918832000000165) = 0.986170837509546816) 0.53695 ulp for asin(0.558063403599999397) = 0.592050147676070004) asin13440.608440.7991766641999997760.925924244284564324