>
>
>> (RJF) Maybe we need an analog of n(...,d), as a separate function, doing
>>something more careful than just
>>than
>> n(h,d):=block([fpprec:d],bfloat(h)); ... this does computation in
>>d digits, but doesn't necessarily provide an answer that is right to d digits.
>
>
> I would love to see this, but it's pretty hard to do in general, isn't
> it?
Yes, but not impossible. First we need a complete suite of elementary
and not-so-elementary bigfloat functions, good to specified accuracy.
There are some features in Mathematica (as well as commercial Macsyma)
that are closer than what we have in Maxima.
RJF
>
> --Jim
>
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