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Bug 1+4/10

From	"slawek" <slawek@host.pl>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject	Bug 1+4/10
Date	2011-07-06 09:37 +0000
Organization	Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
Message-ID	<iv1acv$sk7$1@smc.vnet.net> (permalink)

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Let check

In[1]:= 1.4 == 1 + 4/10
Out[1]= True

In[2]:= a = SetPrecision[1.4, 30]
Out[2]= 1.39999999999999991118215802999

In[3]:= b = SetPrecision[1 + 4/10, 30]
Out[3]= 1.40000000000000000000000000000

No comment is needed.

slawek

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Bug  1+4/10 "slawek" <slawek@host.pl> - 2011-07-06 09:37 +0000
  Re: Bug  1+4/10 Peter Breitfeld <phbrf@t-online.de> - 2011-07-06 11:06 +0000
    Re: Bug  1+4/10 "slawek" <slawek@host.pl> - 2011-07-07 11:41 +0000
  Re: Bug  1+4/10 "Oleksandr Rasputinov" <oleksandr_rasputinov@hmamail.com> - 2011-07-07 11:27 +0000
    Re: Bug  1+4/10 "slawek" <human@site.pl> - 2011-07-08 08:52 +0000
    Re: Bug  1+4/10 "Oleksandr Rasputinov" <oleksandr_rasputinov@hmamail.com> - 2011-07-09 11:41 +0000
  Re: Bug 1+4/10 Daniel Lichtblau <danl@wolfram.com> - 2011-07-07 11:35 +0000

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