Subject: Maxima gives incorrect results with ceiling
From: Mike Hansen
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:58:43 -0600
Hello,
When working with large numbers and floating point arithmetic, maxima
gives incorrect answers. For example,
(%i5) ceiling(factorial(50)/exp(1));
(%o5) 11188719610782480421414879249141773426630319613740326700720324608
The correct result should be
11188719610782480504630258070757734324011354208865721592720336801 .
What is the best way to go about fixing this issue?
Thanks,
Mike