Precision and Rounding
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg33237] Precision and Rounding
- From: <bradamanteus at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 18:05:24 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
There must be a simple answer to this: I'm producing a large output file that takes a long time to compute, and I think this is partly because Mathematica always has my output as 14 decimal places, and I don't need such accuracy. Is there a way to reduce calculation time by reducing the precision of all calculations in my model. Rounding with N doesn't work. Also, I'm told that I can reduce the time of my program by looking at a debugging tool that tells me how long the program spends on certain parts of my code. What is this? thanks Leanne Ussher