Re: About N in Mathematica 4
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- Subject: [mg25420] Re: About N in Mathematica 4
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 01:07:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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I don't think the documented definition of N really changed. Rather, with Mathematica 3.0, people were relying upon an undocumented "feature" of the way the results of N were displayed. "J. Leko" wrote: > > Ahhh... > > It sounds like you're coming from an older version of Mathematica. I too > had this problem when I switched to 4.0. It appears that the definition of > the N function has changed since then. What you now need to use is the > NumberForm function (section 2.8.7). It seems to operate in a fashion > similar to the old N. > > Regards, > > J. Leko > > Please reply to leko*j at cspar.uah.edu and remove the * > > In article <8qhn06$j09 at smc.vnet.net>, "Sistrall" <silvano.stralla at tin.it> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I've a question about the function N in Mathematica 4. I haven't found > > information about this problem. > > > > The question is: why if I use N[Pi,30] I'll have a number of 30 decimal > > digits, but with N[Pi,10] or N[Pi,3] I'll get a number of 6 digits? > > > > The right number of digits is given only if I use a precision bigger than > > the precision of the machine. But if I want a number of 3 decimal digits? > > > > Thanks. -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H) Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) Amherst, MA 01003-4515