SF [2159499] Full bigfloat precision for Gamma after the second call
Subject: SF [2159499] Full bigfloat precision for Gamma after the second call
From: Raymond Toy
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:25:54 -0400
van Nek wrote:
> Richard suggested iroot. I think, here I will make some tests concerning speed.
> I am using gcl on Windows and I can also check it with clisp on ubuntu.
> I'll let you know. (But not today.)
Sounds good. If you're going to do some speed tests, I think it would
be good to try some with fpprec just over 36*2^n. This is the case
where, after n iterations, we're just below the desired precision, and
we need another iteration, effectively doubling the number of bits in
the computation.
Ray