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Re: why extending numbers by zeros instead of dropping precision is a good idea

From	Noqsi <noqsiaerospace@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject	Re: why extending numbers by zeros instead of dropping precision is a good idea
Date	2011-04-04 10:30 +0000
Organization	Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
Message-ID	<inc6jo$t1$1@smc.vnet.net> (permalink)

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On Apr 1, 1:34 am, Bill Rowe <readn...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> It seems FixedPoint is doing something behind the scene that
> avoids the problem you describe above.

Well, of course, a specialized function can use specialized error
estimation methods.

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Re: why extending numbers by zeros instead of dropping precision is a good idea Noqsi <noqsiaerospace@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 10:30 +0000

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