Re: FixedPoint[Cos, 1.0]
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- Subject: [mg119420] Re: FixedPoint[Cos, 1.0]
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 19:10:54 -0400 (EDT)
That, or it's a 64-bit issue. I get infinite cycling here, with 64 bits on a Mac. Bobby On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:15:56 -0500, magma <maderri2 at gmail.com> wrote: >> > My numerical analysis students this past term pointed out to me that >> > the command >> >> > FixedPoint[Cos, 1.0] >> >> > which is the first example in the Information for FixedPoint doesn't >> > ever finish running (or, not in any reasonable amount of time). > > In version 8.0.1.0 February 24 2011 (32 bits) under Windows > > 1- this particular example is no longer present in the Information > page of FixedPoint > > 2- FixedPoint[Cos, 1.0] works well, returning 0.739085 right away. > > > In version 7 under Windows it also works well. > > So we can conclude that this is an issue linked to Mac OS X > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com