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NumberForm question

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg81985] NumberForm question
• From: Yaroslav Bulatov <yaroslavvb at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 02:03:48 -0400 (EDT)

x=1+$MachineEpsilon;
InputForm[x]
NumberForm[x,{16,16}]

Why does the result printed by NumberForm seem smaller?