Thank you. I am not sure what to think of this, other than that it
would be desirable not to have this kind of error.
BTW, when I did ratsimp(d185),float; - Maxima produced 251.8!
Richard Fateman [15/11/03 11:20 -0800]:
> probably because 1/10, 1/100, etc is not exactly representable in binary.
> It is presumably a function of the decimal-to-binary conversion program
> in the (C? library), and is not specific to Maxima or even Lisp.
>
>
> Milan Lukic wrote:
>
> >(C185) 57.50+14.95+18.95+8.95+22.95+12.95+7.95+6.95+19.95+12.95+8.95+9.95+
> >16.95+19.95+11.95;
> >
> >(D185) 251.7999999999999
> >
> >Anybody has an idea why Maxima produced 251.799.... instead of 251.8?
> >
> >Milan
> >
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