On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 10:04 -0800, Richard Fateman wrote:
> >
> > Hope this helps
>
> Actually, 0.1 is not equal to 1/10.
>
> 0.1 is a floating point number which is converted to double-float
> binary, in which internal form it is
> exactly equal to 3602879701896397/2^55.
>
> This is NOT exactly equal to 1/10. They differ by 1/180143985094819840
> or 1/(5*2^55).
Hi Richard,
In what way do you get the exact internal representation of double-float
0.1 inside maxima ?
Dan