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Reverse-engineering the Intel 8087's tangent algorithm: more than CORDIC

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First rank

23

Best rank

9

Last rank

30

Observations

137

First seen

1790466700

Last seen

1790521738

Missing captures

0

Milestones

2

Top is rank 1. Gaps between captures are not reconstructed.

1. Rank 30

   98 points · 11 comments · observed 1790521738

2. Rank 30

   96 points · 11 comments · observed 1790521317

3. Rank 30

   95 points · 11 comments · observed 1790520895

4. Rank 29

   94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790520478

5. Rank 29

   94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790520069

6. Rank 29

   94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790519652

7. Rank 30

   94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790519237

8. Rank 30

   94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790518824

9. Rank 28

   94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790518417

10. Rank 28

    94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790518013

11. Rank 28

    94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790517590

12. Rank 27

    94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790517178

13. Rank 27

    94 points · 11 comments · observed 1790516771

14. Rank 27

    92 points · 11 comments · observed 1790516359

15. Rank 28

    91 points · 11 comments · observed 1790515952

16. Rank 29

    91 points · 11 comments · observed 1790515540

17. Rank 28

    89 points · 11 comments · observed 1790515139

18. Rank 27

    89 points · 11 comments · observed 1790514730

19. Rank 27

    89 points · 11 comments · observed 1790514326

20. Rank 28

    89 points · 11 comments · observed 1790513909

21. Rank 28

    88 points · 11 comments · observed 1790513504

22. Rank 29

    87 points · 11 comments · observed 1790513094

23. Rank 29

    86 points · 11 comments · observed 1790512691

24. Rank 29

    86 points · 11 comments · observed 1790512281

25. Rank 29

    85 points · 11 comments · observed 1790511865

26. Rank 26

    85 points · 11 comments · observed 1790511457

27. Rank 24

    85 points · 11 comments · observed 1790511051

28. Rank 28

    84 points · 11 comments · observed 1790510640

29. Rank 27

    84 points · 11 comments · observed 1790510239

30. Rank 27

    84 points · 11 comments · observed 1790509837

31. Rank 25

    84 points · 11 comments · observed 1790509428

32. Rank 25

    83 points · 11 comments · observed 1790509022

33. Rank 25

    81 points · 11 comments · observed 1790508613

34. Rank 25

    81 points · 11 comments · observed 1790508205

35. Rank 25

    81 points · 11 comments · observed 1790507806

36. Rank 23

    80 points · 11 comments · observed 1790507402

37. Rank 25

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790507002

38. Rank 25

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790506598

39. Rank 24

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790506195

40. Rank 24

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790505794

41. Rank 23

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790505383

42. Rank 23

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790504976

43. Rank 23

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790504577

44. Rank 22

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790504170

45. Rank 20

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790503762

46. Rank 20

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790503357

47. Rank 19

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790502945

48. Rank 20

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790502536

49. Rank 18

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790502126

50. Rank 18

    79 points · 11 comments · observed 1790501717

51. Rank 17

    78 points · 11 comments · observed 1790501311

52. Rank 16

    78 points · 11 comments · observed 1790500901

53. Rank 18

    78 points · 11 comments · observed 1790500489

54. Rank 17

    76 points · 10 comments · observed 1790500085

55. Rank 16

    76 points · 10 comments · observed 1790499678

56. Rank 16

    76 points · 10 comments · observed 1790499275

57. Rank 16

    76 points · 10 comments · observed 1790498872

58. Rank 18

    74 points · 10 comments · observed 1790498474

59. Rank 18

    74 points · 10 comments · observed 1790498071

60. Rank 18

    74 points · 10 comments · observed 1790497674

61. Rank 17

    74 points · 10 comments · observed 1790497273

62. Rank 17

    74 points · 10 comments · observed 1790496873

63. Rank 16

    74 points · 10 comments · observed 1790496476

64. Rank 16

    73 points · 10 comments · observed 1790496072

65. Rank 18

    71 points · 10 comments · observed 1790495676

66. Rank 17

    71 points · 9 comments · observed 1790495277

67. Rank 16

    71 points · 9 comments · observed 1790494857

68. Rank 15

    71 points · 9 comments · observed 1790494453

69. Rank 15

    70 points · 9 comments · observed 1790494046

70. Rank 13

    70 points · 9 comments · observed 1790493646

71. Rank 11

    69 points · 9 comments · observed 1790493247

72. Rank 11

    69 points · 9 comments · observed 1790492854

73. Rank 11

    68 points · 8 comments · observed 1790492448

74. Rank 12

    67 points · 8 comments · observed 1790492054

75. Rank 13

    67 points · 8 comments · observed 1790491650

76. Rank 13

    66 points · 8 comments · observed 1790491251

77. Rank 13

    66 points · 8 comments · observed 1790490853

78. Rank 13

    66 points · 8 comments · observed 1790490455

79. Rank 12

    66 points · 8 comments · observed 1790490054

80. Rank 12

    66 points · 8 comments · observed 1790489659

81. Rank 12

    66 points · 8 comments · observed 1790489259

82. Rank 11

    65 points · 8 comments · observed 1790488850

83. Rank 13

    64 points · 8 comments · observed 1790488454

84. Rank 13

    64 points · 8 comments · observed 1790488056

85. Rank 15

    63 points · 8 comments · observed 1790487662

86. Rank 10

    61 points · 8 comments · observed 1790487257

87. Rank 11

    60 points · 8 comments · observed 1790486864

88. Rank 10

    59 points · 8 comments · observed 1790486466

89. Rank 14

    56 points · 7 comments · observed 1790486070

90. Rank 14

    56 points · 7 comments · observed 1790485672

91. Rank 15

    52 points · 7 comments · observed 1790485269

92. Rank 14

    52 points · 7 comments · observed 1790484876

93. Rank 14

    51 points · 7 comments · observed 1790484480

94. Rank 14

    51 points · 7 comments · observed 1790484083

95. Rank 13

    51 points · 7 comments · observed 1790483683

96. Rank 15

    49 points · 7 comments · observed 1790483288

97. Rank 15

    47 points · 7 comments · observed 1790482890

98. Rank 15

    46 points · 7 comments · observed 1790482490

99. Rank 14

    45 points · 7 comments · observed 1790482092

100. Rank 12

     43 points · 7 comments · observed 1790481695

101. Rank 12

     42 points · 7 comments · observed 1790481298

102. Rank 11

     42 points · 7 comments · observed 1790480897

103. Rank 9

     40 points · 7 comments · observed 1790480497

104. Rank 9

     39 points · 7 comments · observed 1790480099

105. Rank 9

     39 points · 7 comments · observed 1790479700

106. Rank 10

     37 points · 7 comments · observed 1790479300

107. Rank 10

     36 points · 7 comments · observed 1790478892

108. Rank 10

     36 points · 7 comments · observed 1790478493

109. Rank 9

     34 points · 6 comments · observed 1790478088

110. Rank 10

     33 points · 6 comments · observed 1790477683

111. Rank 12

     30 points · 6 comments · observed 1790477282

112. Rank 11

     30 points · 6 comments · observed 1790476876

113. Rank 11

     30 points · 6 comments · observed 1790476479

114. Rank 10

     30 points · 6 comments · observed 1790476081

115. Rank 10

     30 points · 6 comments · observed 1790475682

116. Rank 10

     30 points · 6 comments · observed 1790475274

117. Rank 10

     29 points · 5 comments · observed 1790474867

118. Rank 10

     28 points · 5 comments · observed 1790474448

119. Rank 11

     28 points · 5 comments · observed 1790474047

120. Rank 12

     26 points · 5 comments · observed 1790473644

121. Rank 13

     24 points · 4 comments · observed 1790473236

122. Rank 12

     24 points · 4 comments · observed 1790472832

123. Rank 11

     23 points · 4 comments · observed 1790472428

124. Rank 12

     21 points · 3 comments · observed 1790472022

125. Rank 12

     21 points · 3 comments · observed 1790471611

126. Rank 11

     20 points · 3 comments · observed 1790471206

127. Rank 13

     19 points · 3 comments · observed 1790470781

128. Rank 13

     19 points · 3 comments · observed 1790470373

129. Rank 15

     17 points · 3 comments · observed 1790469965

130. Rank 14

     15 points · 3 comments · observed 1790469554

131. Rank 13

     14 points · 3 comments · observed 1790469147

132. Rank 13

     14 points · 3 comments · observed 1790468742

133. Rank 20

     13 points · 3 comments · observed 1790468342

134. Rank 18

     12 points · 2 comments · observed 1790467940

135. Rank 28

     10 points · 2 comments · observed 1790467527

136. Rank 27

     10 points · 2 comments · observed 1790467107

137. Rank 23

     9 points · 2 comments · observed 1790466700

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