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Hi. Not sure,]]> Feb 19, 2013 6:51:59 PM Feb 19, 2013 6:51:59 PM dana01@icloud.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8359516&tstart=0#8359516 common traps for Mathematica beginners.

First, by default Mathematica]]> Feb 18, 2013 6:01:01 AM Feb 18, 2013 6:01:01 AM murray@math.umass.edu 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8359513&tstart=0#8359513 Exact]]> Feb 18, 2013 6:00:45 AM Feb 18, 2013 6:00:45 AM hanlonr357@gmail.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8359512&tstart=0#8359512 does nothing. You could use SetPrecision but a better way is to use]]> Feb 18, 2013 6:00:40 AM Feb 18, 2013 6:00:40 AM akozlowski@gmail.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8359504&tstart=0#8359504 Mathematica interprets numbers entered as decimals as machine precision.
The easiest but not only way to get a high precision answer to]]> Feb 18, 2013 5:59:57 AM Feb 18, 2013 5:59:57 AM mukasa@gmail.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8359520&tstart=0#8359520 ]]> Feb 18, 2013 5:59:56 AM Feb 18, 2013 5:59:56 AM 5