Re: Matlab to Octave - precision and differential equations

[Doug Stewart]

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:59 AM, R.S. Etienne <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear users,
>
> I have a Matlab code which has problems with the double precision
> limitation of Matlab. I am therefore looking for alternatives,
> particularly those where I don't have to change my code too much, and
> therefore I stumbled upon Octave. Before installing it, I would like to
> know whether Octave has this double precision limitation, or not. Can
> someone please tell me? If it does not have this limitation, then can
> Octave handle ordinary differential equations? I am using Matlab's
> ode45; is there an Octave equivalent, preferably one where the Jacobian
> does not need to be specified?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Rampal Etienne
>
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> University of Groningen
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What do you mean by "double  precision limitation of Matlab" ???