{Precision@N[2^1024],N[2^1024]===$MaxMachineNumber}
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- Subject: [mg80685] {Precision@N[2^1024],N[2^1024]===$MaxMachineNumber}
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:10:39 -0400 (EDT)
on my computer, this command gives
{15.9546,False}
However, I think the result is supposed to be
{MachinePrecision,True}
Is there something wrong with N?
My computer is an Athlon XP running Windows XP SP2.
Also, why does
ByteCount@$MaxMachineNumber
give
16
? I'm sure I am missing something, but I thought a double precision
floating point number would only take up 8 bytes.
Thanks.
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