Re: Precision of calculations
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- Subject: [mg109449] Re: Precision of calculations
- From: Christoph Lhotka <christoph.lhotka at univie.ac.at>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:50:55 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <201004270804.EAA20235@smc.vnet.net>
Hello, you will find the awnser by looking on $MachinePrecision..chr On 27/04/2010 10:04, Jim Lambaugh wrote: > Hi guys > > When I write numbers in my code, I do it as (e.g.) > > 1.0 > 1000.0 > Pi //N > etc... > > Is it correct to say that my calculations are done with machine- > precision, i.e. with rougly 16 digit precision? > > Regards, > Jim. > > >
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- Precision of calculations
- From: Jim Lambaugh <lambaugh@gmail.com>
- Precision of calculations