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XCAS float precision
10-04-2018, 02:52 PM (This post was last modified: 10-04-2018 03:17 PM by Albert Chan.)
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XCAS float precision
I finally join the club, and downloaded XCas (for Windows 32-bits)

If XCas float default is IEEE double precision, I should get this:

Python: 3.141592653589794 - 3.141592653589793 => 8.88e-16

This is above in hex-float, where ULP = 2^-51 ~ 4.44e-16:
0x1.921fb54442d1aP1 - 0x1.921fb54442d18P1 = 2 ULP ~ 8.88e-16

Instead, I get something unexpected, suggesting XCas uses 54-bits float (or more)
(Also, returned float is not normalized, with a zero before decimal point)

XCAS: 3.141592653589794 - 3.141592653589793 => 0.111e-14 (2.5 ULP ?)

Just to confirm above with 54-bits float math (now, ULP = 2^-52)

0x1.921fb54442d1a0P+1 - 0x1.921fb54442d178P+1 = 5 ULP ~ 1.11E-15 (match above)
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XCAS float precision - Albert Chan - 10-04-2018 02:52 PM
RE: XCAS float precision - parisse - 10-04-2018, 07:22 PM
RE: XCAS float precision - Albert Chan - 10-04-2018, 09:36 PM
RE: XCAS float precision - parisse - 10-05-2018, 06:04 PM



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