RealDigits bug?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg45793] RealDigits bug?
- From: Enrique Zeleny <ezeleny at fismat1.fcfm.buap.mx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:04:47 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
This is wrong: In[1]:= pisot = N[((1/3)*((1/2)*(27 + 3*Sqrt[69]))^(1/3) + (2/(27 + 3*Sqrt[69]))^(1/3))^27351, 6000]; In[2]:= pisot == FromDigits[RealDigits[pisot]] Out[2]:= False If you look at the value returned by RealDigits[pisot] contains three 10's!!! Enrique Zeleny Universidad Autonoma de Puebla Mexico