Re: Low precision exponentiation
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- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:02:23 -0500 (EST)
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Here are two possibilities to get the precision you want: 1. Use exact input: In: N[(5/2)^125, 30] Out: 5.52714787526044456024726519219*10^49 2. Use a more precise input: In: 2.500000000000000000000000000000^125] Out: 5.527147875260444560247265192*10^49 There's probably a more elegant way to do this, but being pretty new at Mathematica myself, those were the only things I could think of.