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#1 2011-11-22 22:57:38
- MathsIsFun
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Full Precision Calculator
I have been updating the Full Precision Calculator.
* This is the old version (currently in use on the website): Full Precision Calculator
* And this is the new version I am working on: Full Precision Calculator Test Version
The new version should be somewhat faster than the old, but may have bugs. Would you all like to give it a work over and let me know if it misbehaves, and any suggestions you may have.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#2 2011-11-23 00:18:08
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Full Precision Calculator
Hi MathsIsFun,
I tried to get 10 factorial and 100 factorial. The answers were satisfactory.
I tried to get 2^2520 and 2^232792560. The first worked well. The latter could not complete the operation.
(The result contains 70077544 digits!)
The calculator works completely well in my results! Outstanding web page!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#3 2011-11-23 00:49:58
- bobbym
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Re: Full Precision Calculator
Hi MIF;
So far it has performed accurately each time. I did notice a problem trying to cancel the square root of 51. Page seemed to hangup.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#4 2011-11-23 08:23:44
- MathsIsFun
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Re: Full Precision Calculator
Thanks guys!
Will look into square root
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#5 2011-11-23 11:08:27
- bobbym
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Re: Full Precision Calculator
Hi MIF;
Played with it and the sqrt problem was not present anymore. Maybe it was just a glitch.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#6 2011-11-24 12:55:30
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Re: Full Precision Calculator
I have updated the main page with the new calculator ... it all seems fine to me too.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#7 2011-11-24 22:45:30
- bobbym
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- Registered: 2009-04-12
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Re: Full Precision Calculator
Hi MIF;
Thanks for the calculator.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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