Re: What is $MaxNumber on a 64 bit Computer?
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- Subject: [mg80948] Re: What is $MaxNumber on a 64 bit Computer?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:24:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Ted Ersek wrote: > On my 32 bit PC $MaxNumber = 1.440397193981*^323228010 > I wanted to know if any version has a larger $MaxNumber, and I suppose > if any computer does it would be a 64 bit machine. Ted, What platform are you using? I have got larger limit for my 32 bit system. PC, 32 bits, architecture x86, Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT (Hyper-Threading) technology and Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2), Mathematica for Windows versions 5.2 and 6.0.1. In[1]:= $Version InputForm[$MaxNumber] Out[1]= "6.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (June 19, 2007)" Out[2]//InputForm= 1.9202246726923565854204690606`15.954589770191005*^646456887 In[1]:= $Version InputForm[$MaxNumber] Out[1]= 5.2 for Microsoft Windows (June 20, 2005) Out[2]//InputForm= 1.9202246726923565854204690606`15.954589770191005*^646456887 Regards, -- Jean-Marc