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Re: Approximate Zero Times A Symbol
Posted:
Jun 28, 2012 4:04 AM
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Hello,
My argumentation would be as follows:
0 x = 0 if (0,x) have infinite precision, while 0. x = 0. since the
result has a precision at most of 0.,
therefore there is no need to keep the x, which has infinite precision:
for the expression we only
need x up to precision of 0., therefore 0. * approximate x = 0., which
is true up to the precision
of 0.
If I understand well, what you would like to have and if it only
concerns the format it is printed,
I would define:
dis[ex_]:=Plus@@({x,y}*(StringTrim/@ToString/@(PaddedForm[Coefficient[ex,#],{8,8}]&/@{x,y})))
which would give
dis/@{0.x+1.y,0.34324324324324324324324x+1.000000000004y}
{0.00000000 x+1.00000000 y,0.34324324 x+1.00000000 y}
Hope that helps,
Christoph
On 06/27/2012 10:11 AM, djmpark wrote:
> What is the justification for the following?
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> 0. x + 1. y
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> 0. + 1. y
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> I want to display a dynamic weighted sum of x and y and sometimes one of the
> coefficients becomes zero. I would like to keep both terms (for a steady
> display) and format with NumberForm. If Mathematica is going to drop the x,
> why doesn't it at least also drop the approximate zero?
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> If I use SetPrecision we obtain:
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> SetPrecision[0. x + 1. y, 10]
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> 1.000000000 y
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> which is at least more consistent, but not what I want either.
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> David Park
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> djmpark@comcast.net
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> http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/index.html
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