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| From | "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Big integers |
| Date | 2018-12-11 13:15 -0800 |
| Organization | n/a |
| Message-ID | <pup9ee$a3t$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 12/11/2018 10:20 AM, Thiago Adams wrote:
> On Monday, December 10, 2018 at 7:44:35 PM UTC-2, Bart wrote:
>> On 10/12/2018 19:12, Thiago Adams wrote:
>>> On Monday, December 10, 2018 at 4:24:30 PM UTC-2, Bart wrote:
>>
>>>> How does it work with pencil and paper calculations (for something you
>>>> don't already know)?
>>>
>>>
>>> Using "paper"
>>>
>>
>>> 100..001
>>> --------
>>> 300..000
>>>
>>> To do math like in the paper, we need symbolic math.
>>
>> If you simplify a little, the paper calculation starts off like this:
>> ________________
>> 3 |1 0 0 1
>>
>> I get a sequence that looks this:
>>
>> _ 3 3 3 6 6 6 ...
>>
>> The question, the same question that was asked of my library, is at what
>> point do you stop? How do you know when you have enough digits, or have
>> the answer?
>>
>> Sometimes there will be no remainder after an iteration, and that answer
>> will be exact. But sometimes there will always be a remainder.
>
>
> I wrote a function using your library to print in decimal form
> any rational number. ( I will add this function in my lib as well)
>
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include "bigint.h"
>
> void PrintDecimals(Bigint numerator, Bigint denominator, int ndigits)
> {
> Bigint quotient = bn_div(numerator , denominator);
> bn_print(quotient);
>
> Bigint remainder = bn_sub(numerator , bn_mul(quotient , denominator));
>
> //has remainder?
> if (!bn_iszero(remainder))
> {
> printf(".");
>
> int digits = 0;
> while (!bn_iszero(remainder))
> {
> remainder = bn_mul(remainder , bn_make("10"));
> quotient = bn_div(remainder , denominator);
> bn_print(quotient);
> remainder = bn_sub(remainder, bn_mul(quotient, denominator));
> digits++;
> if (digits > ndigits) {
> break;
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> int main(void) {
>
> Bigint a = bn_make("100001");
> Bigint b = bn_make("300000");
>
> PrintDecimals(a, b, 30);
>
> bn_free(a);
> bn_free(b);
> }
>
>
> A extra interesting function is to detect the repetition.
One of the cycle detection algorithms should work. Not sure how good
they would scale here.
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Re: Big integers "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-04 10:50 -0800
Re: Big integers Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-06 17:56 +0100
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-04 10:22 -0800
Re: Big integers Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-12-04 18:58 +0000
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-04 11:32 -0800
Re: Big integers Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-12-04 22:45 +0000
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Re: Big integers jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-12-04 12:14 -0800
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Re: Big integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-05 03:14 +0000
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Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-05 14:25 -0800
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Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-05 14:28 -0800
Re: Big integers Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2018-12-05 17:50 +0000
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Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-05 11:58 +0000
Re: Big integers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-05 14:35 +0100
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-05 14:35 +0000
Re: Big integers Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-05 07:39 -0800
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-05 07:45 -0800
Re: Big integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-05 17:51 +0000
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Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-05 14:55 -0800
Re: Big integers jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-12-05 15:19 -0800
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-05 16:13 -0800
Re: Big integers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-06 09:35 +0100
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-07 14:26 -0800
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-07 19:56 -0800
Re: Big integers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-09 12:01 -0500
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-10 14:47 -0800
Re: Big integers scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-11 00:50 +0000
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-10 17:37 -0800
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-14 21:18 -0800
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-05 07:57 -0800
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-05 15:59 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-05 22:59 +0000
Re: Big integers jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-12-05 15:31 -0800
Re: Big integers Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-12-05 20:03 -0600
Re: Big integers scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-05 23:42 +0000
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Re: Big integers Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2018-12-10 07:26 +0000
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Re: Big integers scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-10 19:10 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-10 21:23 +0000
Re: Big integers Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2018-12-10 22:47 +0000
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Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-06 07:50 -0800
Re: Big integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-05 15:19 +0000
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Re: Modules again David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-11 21:51 +0100
Re: Modules again scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-11 23:24 +0000
Re: Modules again Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2018-12-11 18:44 -0500
Re: Modules again Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2018-12-11 18:45 -0500
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Re: Modules again James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-12 07:59 -0500
Re: Modules again mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-12-12 05:43 -0800
Re: Modules again scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-12 14:20 +0000
Re: Modules again David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-12 17:10 +0100
Re: Modules again James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-12 13:39 -0800
Re: Modules again scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-12 14:19 +0000
Re: Modules again Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2018-12-12 10:28 -0500
Re: Big integers Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-06 08:10 +1300
Re: Big integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-05 20:57 +0000
Re: Big integers Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-06 10:16 +1300
Re: Big integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-05 23:15 +0000
Re: Big integers scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-05 23:44 +0000
Re: Big integers Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-12-05 02:51 -0600
Re: Big integers antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2018-12-07 15:26 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-07 16:27 +0000
Re: Big integers scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-07 16:36 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-07 17:01 +0000
Re: Big integers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-07 17:55 +0000
Re: Big integers antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2018-12-07 19:26 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-07 21:39 +0000
Re: Big integers Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-08 10:51 +1300
Re: Big integers Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 00:43 +0300
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-08 01:08 +0000
Re: Big integers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-08 15:13 +0100
Re: Big integers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-08 15:15 +0100
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-08 14:48 +0000
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-10 05:10 -0800
Re: Big integers Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-10 05:22 -0800
Re: Big integers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-10 15:27 +0100
Re: Big integers scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-10 15:59 +0000
Re: Big integers antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2018-12-11 21:14 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-10 14:56 +0000
Re: Big integers Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2018-12-10 17:46 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-10 18:24 +0000
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-10 11:12 -0800
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-10 11:23 -0800
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-10 21:44 +0000
Re: Big integers Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-11 10:20 -0800
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-11 13:15 -0800
Re: Big integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-08 12:14 -0800
Re: Big integers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-09 13:31 +0100
Re: Big integers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-08 15:52 -0800
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-16 19:29 +0000
Re: Big integers "Tristan B. Kildaire" <deavmi@disroot.org> - 2018-12-25 12:59 +0000
Re: Big integers Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-25 15:54 +0000
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