From: israel@math.ubc.ca (Robert Israel)
Newsgroups: sci.math.symbolic
Subject: Re: Problem in Maple with Digits
Date: 17 Mar 1998 17:47:14 GMT

In article <350E42BC.A929714D@wi.leidenuniv.nl>, "Dr. J.A. van de Griend" <vdgriend@wi.leidenuniv.nl> writes:

|> The explanation you gave sounds reasonably. However, the sequence

|> Digits:=3; a:=2.00; b:=a/3.00; c:=2.00/3.00;
 
|> gives as the following result:
 
|> Digits:=3 a:=2.00 b:=.666 c:=.667
 
|> Do you have an explanation for this case too?

My guess is that the automatic simplifier looks at a/3.00 (before evaluating
a) and converts it to 0.333*a, while for 2.00/3.00 it does the floating-point
division directly.

 
|> How can I contact the Maple Users Group?

Here is the info provided by the listserv:


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