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Which calculators had no known bugs?
11-20-2020, 11:23 AM
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RE: Which calculators had no known bugs?
(11-20-2020 09:34 AM)Paul Dale Wrote:  My guess would be that \( e^{y log x} \) is used.

Exactly. See this HP Journal issue, specifically, the sidebar titled "The New Accuracy: Making 2^3 = 8*" on pages 16-17. The improved accuracy was achieved by avoiding rounding on the intermediate results.
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