does this has to do with floating point representation of numbers {IEE 754}
{single precision }
then the number would be
like
like for 32 bit field
put 0 in the sign field
all 1 in biased exponent field{8}
and all zeros in the mantissa field{23}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_precision_floating-point_format
also infinity is not equal to {1/machine tolerance=(2^-23)} for some
machines
one thing for sure is that
you can never come up with something bigger by adding one to {infinity}
and never subtract 1 from machine tolerance
correct me if i am wrong please
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