Re: Approximate Zero Times A Symbol
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- Subject: [mg127090] Re: Approximate Zero Times A Symbol
- From: Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:51:57 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:15:14 AM UTC-4, djmpark wrote: > What is the justification for the following? > > > > 0. x + 1. y > > > > 0. + 1. y > This appears to be an active area of Mathematica development. I think WRI improves their definition of "zero" with each release. Perhaps the next spin will give at least a more consistent result (0. + 1. y = 1. y), though not your desired one. If I recall correctly, earlier releases gave 0. * x -> 0. * x . Vince Virgilio