local lu = require('luaunit') print( lu.EPS ) local pi_div_6_deg_expected, pi_div_6_deg_calculated, pi_div_3_deg_expected, pi_div_3_deg_calculated pi_div_6_deg_calculated = math.deg(math.pi/6) pi_div_6_deg_expected = 30 pi_div_3_deg_calculated = math.deg(math.pi/3) pi_div_3_deg_expected = 60 print( (pi_div_6_deg_expected - pi_div_6_deg_calculated) / lu.EPS ) -- prints: 16 print( (pi_div_3_deg_expected - pi_div_3_deg_calculated) / lu.EPS ) -- prints: 32 -- Better use relative error: print( ( (pi_div_6_deg_expected - pi_div_6_deg_calculated) / pi_div_6_deg_expected) / lu.EPS ) -- prints: 0.53333 print( ( (pi_div_3_deg_expected - pi_div_3_deg_calculated) / pi_div_3_deg_expected) / lu.EPS ) -- prints: 0.53333 -- relative error is constant. Assertion can take the form of: lu.assertAlmostEquals( (pi_div_6_deg_expected - pi_div_6_deg_calculated) / pi_div_6_deg_expected, 0, lu.EPS ) lu.assertAlmostEquals( (pi_div_3_deg_expected - pi_div_3_deg_calculated) / pi_div_3_deg_expected, 0, lu.EPS )