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Re: Problems with numerical precision

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  • Subject: [mg13238] Re: [mg13221] Problems with numerical precision
  • From: Carl Woll <carlw at fermi.phys.washington.edu>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 03:17:37 -0400
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Hi Joel,

Mathematica does not keep track of precision for machine numbers. See
section 3.1.6 of the book, and also the demo package "Numerics Report"
for more details.

Carl Woll
Dept of Physics
U of Washington



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