Re: Bug in 5.1??
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- Subject: [mg54448] Re: [mg54349] Bug in 5.1??
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:10:55 -0500 (EST)
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This behavior will find defenders, I'm sure, but it certainly looks like a bug to ME. Bobby On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:31:49 -0500 (EST), Gehrmann, James E <jgehrman at saclink.csus.edu> wrote: > I'm running Mathematica v. 5.1 under WinXP and had the following interaction with Mathematica: >5>0 > > True > > 5.>0 > > True > > N[5]>0 > > True > > N[5,3]>0 > > True > > N[5,2]>0 > > False > > N[50000,2]>0 > > False > > Are the last two results a bug or am I not understanding the N function? > > Thanks for you help. > > > > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com www.eclecticdreams.net
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- Bug in 5.1??
- From: "Gehrmann, James E" <jgehrman@saclink.csus.edu>
- Bug in 5.1??