Re: Hi presision problem
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg84111] Re: Hi presision problem
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:38:56 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <fjj1tb$g7s$1@smc.vnet.net>
Art=C5=ABras Acus wrote: > How to calculate the expression with higher than machine precision? > Mathematica 6 seems runs into serious problems (gives Inderetrminate) > > N[1 - Pi^(-InverseGammaRegularized[1, 0, 1 - 1/Sqrt[E]]) , 20] Do not use N but SetPrecision as in SetPrecision[1 - Pi^(-InverseGammaRegularized[1, 0, 1 - 1/Sqrt[E]]), 20] 0.4358104164522437131 Regards, -- Jean-Marc