Re: Table through zero...strange
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- Subject: [mg67019] Re: [mg66988] Table through zero...strange
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 05:09:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Imprecise numbers give imprecise results. To get precise results use precise numbers.
Table[x, {x, -1/10, 0, 1/50}]
or
Table[x, {x, -0.1, 0, 0.02}]//Chop
Bob Hanlon
---- leptonic <leptonic at gmx.ch> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When i type in Mathematica (version 4) Table[x, {x, -0.1, 0, 0.02}]
>
> it gives me {-0.1, -0.08, -0.06, -0.04, -0.02, -3.46945 x 10-18]}
> but for example Table[x, {x, -0.1, 0, 0.05}] will give a reasonable
> {-0.1, -0.05, 0.}.
>
> Probably a very stupid question but i can't figure out why the zero
> makes problem.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
--
Bob Hanlon
hanlonr at cox.net