Re: $MaxNumber
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg117326] Re: $MaxNumber
- From: Jason Ledbetter <jasonbrent at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:04:52 -0500 (EST)
In[2]:= $MaxNumber Out[2]= 1.233433712981650*10^323228458 In[3]:= $Version Out[3]= "8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (February 23, 2011)" 2010 macbook pro. -jbl On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 6:59 AM, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote: > Perhaps you have Home Edition of Mathematica. Until the most recent > release (8.0.1, released just a few days ago), Home Edition included only > 32-bit versions of Mathematica. > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "a evans" <aeospam at gmail.com> > > To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:24:42 AM > > Subject: [mg117253] $MaxNumber > > I would be grateful if someone could help me to understand why my > > $MaxNumber is seemingly much lower than it should be. I am running > > modern equipment (quad-core 64bit) with windows 7 64-bit and > > Mathematica 8.0. The $MaxNumber according to my machine is : > > 1.233433712981650*10^323228458. According to reports at the URL below > > the $MaxNumber on 64-bit machines in Mathematica 6.0 is up to > > 2.093117322269914*10^646456781. This is also the number given in the > > wolfram documentation. Any information on how to resolve this I would > > kindly appreciate. > > > > > http://www.mathkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/mathematica/11731/What-is-MaxNumber-on-a-64-bit-Computer > > > > Many regards, > > > > Arthur > >