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Q: Strange Mathematica 3.0.1.1 Behaviour

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  • Subject: [mg34459] Q: Strange Mathematica 3.0.1.1 Behaviour
  • From: terryisnow at yahoo.com (Terry)
  • Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 02:46:29 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi,

In the course of the simulation's that I run, I sometimes get numbers
that look
like 0 but don't behave like 0 in certain contexts. Here's a typical
example,...

In[3]:= x
                4
Out[3]= 0. x 10

In[4]:= currentMinima
                   4
Out[4]= 2.075 x 10

In[5]:= 5 > x
Out[5]= True

In[6]:= x > 5
Out[6]= False

In[7]:= 5 > currentMinima
Out[7]= False

In[8]:= currentMinima > 5
Out[8]= True

In[9]:= currentMinima > x
Out[9]= False

In[10]:= x > currentMinima
Out[10]= False

Can anyone explain to me why the second to last result is not True?
I have the DumpSave file with the binary values of 'x' and
currentMinima if anyone wants to take a closer look.
Any help would be appreciated!

Regards,
terry


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