Re: Precision of output
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- Subject: [mg48209] Re: Precision of output
- From: kazimir04 at yahoo.co.uk (Kazimir)
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 04:16:17 -0400 (EDT)
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> N[4209/0.14,100] I get: > 30064.3 Mathematica thinks that only the first two digits are precise and knows nothing about the consecutive digits. In other words it's a standor notation for any number between 0.13500000(continue) and 0.1449999999(continue). Thus, it can not suppose that it will find a preciser answer. To get the desired answer you have to ask N[4209/SetPrecision[0.14, ∞], 100] or 4209/(0.14``100) In the latest case you say that 0.14 is defined with 100 digits and it finds the result with this precision > But if I write N[420900/14,100] I get: > 30064.285714285714285714285714285714285714285714285714285714285714285714 > 285714\ > 28571428571428571428571 Here, you don't put a digital point for 14, thus MATHEMATICA is sure that 14 is 14, and not 13.85 or 14.45 sumthing else, and it finds 100 points. If you add only a digital point like this N[420900/14., 100] you will have the first result. Vlad