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Re: Why does 0.8 = 0.80000001 ? [message #31899]

Mon, 26 August 2002 06:43

Benjamin Panter
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Registered: August 2002

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David Fanning wrote:

>
> You will want to read this article:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/math_tips/sky_is_falling.html
>

Oops - what a numpty!

I had it in my head that it was 12 sig fig with an internal mantissa of 14,
as I mentioned I wasn't overly paniced about it, more interested in finding
out what was going on. Glad to get that cleared up!

Thanks for your help,

Ben

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		Re: Why does 0.8 = 0.80000001 ? By: Benjamin Panter on Mon, 26 August 2002 06:43
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		Re: Why does 0.8 = 0.80000001 ? By: condor on Wed, 28 August 2002 17:35

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