Re: precisions
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- Subject: [mg56011] Re: precisions
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:10:54 -0400 (EDT)
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Eigenvalues knows about Precision.
For instance, compare the following:
Eigenvalues[{{1., 2.}, {3., 4.}}]
{5.37228,-0.372281}
and
Eigenvalues[{{1.`30., 2.`30.}, {3.`30., 4.`30.}}]
{5.37228132326901432992530573411,-0.372281323269014329925305734109}
My guess is that you evaluated SetPrecision[inputdata,100] and discarded the
result. SetPrecision[x,n] does NOT change x itself. However,
y=SetPrecision[x,n] creates y which is a version of x with Precision equal
to n.
Steve Luttrell
"Tun Myint Aung" <TMA at nus.edu.sg> wrote in message
news:d3g92l$t1u$1 at smc.vnet.net...
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> Hi All,
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> I am doing a calculation involving eigenvalues and eigenvectors for
> structural mechanics. I encountered with difficulties in numerical
> calculation which is very sensitive to precisions of numerical numbers.
> I used "SetPrecision[inputdata,100] for my input data. But after I got
> eigenvalues and eigenvectors, these numbers are "MachinePrecision". I
> tried to change the precision in "Eigenvalues", but there are no options
> for that. How can I set the precision for the whole notebook?
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> With Regards,
> Tun Myint Aung (Graduate Student)
> Civil Engineering Department
> National University of Singapore
> E1A 02-18
> E-mail: g0202015 at nus.edu.sg (or) tma at nus.edu.sg
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