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HP calcs are really not that accurate..
12-03-2017, 11:29 PM (This post was last modified: 12-03-2017 11:31 PM by AlexFekken.)
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RE: HP calcs are really not that accurate..
(12-03-2017 11:18 PM)Paul Dale Wrote:  Be very conservative and watch the intervals blow out to infinity.
At least then you have some confirmation then that your answer is probably meaningless.

Of course for purely mathematical calculations you could start with a very large number of digits, e.g. more than 256 :-), as it usually takes a while before you actually get to infinity.

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(12-03-2017 11:18 PM)Paul Dale Wrote:  There are interval libraries. MPFI based on MPFR seemed good when I looked some time back.
Thanks, now let's see if there will be a calculator version soon.
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