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A question on machine numbers

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  • Subject: [mg29893] A question on machine numbers
  • From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:00:38 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Which if any platforms running Mathematica 
version 3 or 4 return something different for 
the following input. 
-----------

In[1]:=
  {N[2^-52] === $MachineEpsilon,
   N[2^-1022] === $MinMachineNumber,
   N[2^1024] === $MaxMachineNumber}

Out[1]=
  {True, True, True}

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I understand this is the 
case for double precision on any computer which 
uses IEEE 754 floating point arithmetic.


Thanks,
Ted Ersek



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