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Incorrect result for 2^(-55) #25

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doug65536 opened this issue Oct 1, 2014 · 3 comments · Fixed by #98
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Incorrect result for 2^(-55) #25

doug65536 opened this issue Oct 1, 2014 · 3 comments · Fixed by #98

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@doug65536
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doug65536 commented Oct 1, 2014

Incorrect result for 2^(-55).

mate-calc result = 0
expected result = 2.7755575615628914e-17

Upon further investigation:
2^-30 results in 0.000000001
2^-31 results in 0

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mate-calc is resurrected.

@scrupeus
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The result is actually correct - see #38 for an explanation and partial solution and #39 for another solution.

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sc0w commented Apr 24, 2019

confirmed, mate-calc shows 0 and galculator shows the expected result mentioned

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