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Re: number of digits in Maple

Date	2012-01-08 21:01 -0800
From	"Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.maple
Subject	Re: number of digits in Maple
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pluton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I understood well current computer can numerically handle 16 digits in floating points numbers. In Maple, the number of Digits can be controlled with th command Digits but looks like there is no difference between Numerical and Symbolic calculations. If I use kernelopts(maxdigits); my computer says 268435448 and I understand that Maple will use this number of digits for symbolic calculations but what about numerical calculations ?
>
> Thank you
Look at ? Digits
         ? evalf/details

Try evalf(Pi,100);

Tom Dean

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number of digits in Maple pluton <plutonesque@gmail.com> - 2012-01-08 14:17 -0800
  Re: number of digits in Maple "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org> - 2012-01-08 21:01 -0800
    Re: number of digits in Maple "G. A. Edgar" <edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid> - 2012-01-09 07:00 -0700
      Re: number of digits in Maple pluton <plutonesque@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 07:31 -0800
        Re: number of digits in Maple "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org> - 2012-01-09 08:32 -0800
          Re: number of digits in Maple pluton <plutonesque@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 12:30 -0800
  Re: number of digits in Maple Axel Vogt <&noreply@axelvogt.de> - 2012-01-09 22:44 +0100
  Re: number of digits in Maple acer <maple@rogers.com> - 2012-01-09 20:43 -0800
    Re: number of digits in Maple pluton <plutonesque@gmail.com> - 2012-01-16 20:45 -0800

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