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Re: Low precision exponentiation
Posted:
Feb 18, 2013 6:00 AM
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To avoid using machine precision enter exact numbers (Rationalize).
Exact result:
Rationalize[2.5]^125
2350988701644575015937473074444491355637331113544175043017503412556834518909454345703125/42535295865117307932921825928971026432
To a specified precision
N[%, 25]
5.527147875260444560247265192192255725514240233239`25.*^49
Bob Hanlon
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Blaise F Egan <blaise@blaisefegan.me.uk> wrote:
> I am trying to evaluate 2.5^125 to high precision.
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> R gives 5.527147875260445183346e+49 as the answer but Mathematica with N[2.5^125,30] gives 5.52715*10^49 and says that is to machine precision.
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> I am inexperienced at Mathematica. Am I doing something silly?
>
> Blaise
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