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Re: variable precision arithmetic (vpa) errant results in windows 10, o
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso |
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Re: variable precision arithmetic (vpa) errant results in windows 10, octave-4.0.1 |
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Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:04:06 -0400 |
On Wed, 2016-06-22 at 08:31 -0700, Colin Macdonald wrote:
> Whereas vpa(1/3, 64) first creates the a double precision floating
> point number near 1/3 and then converts it to have 64 digits, which
> must be lossy.
"Lossy" is a funny word to use here, as vpa("1/3", 64) is also lossy,
but you are prescribing how much you want to lose. :-)
- Jordi G. H.