Oops. I forgot to mention that I am working on fsoj 39. On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chris, (et al), > > Referring to your recommendation regarding issue #1, I am having some > difficulty. > Norman claims that the reason the following computation results in 0's is > that numbers like 15^22 are too big for the computer to represent. But > 15^22 can be represented with a 64bit computer, at least in my J version, > so the 0's do not produce the "signal" that the calculation needs > adjustment. > > cs=.29 > 15(cs&|@^)22 5 3 20 15 18 > 0 10 11 0 0 0 > > However, the subsequent calculation adjustments that are then employed in > the fsoj are all correct as far as I know, and the only thing that I think > needs change is a statement that the revised version (which uses powers > instead of multiplication) requires a few other changes which are all > included in the remaining write up. Such a statement should replace the > calculation above and the explanation of the 0's. > > Maybe there is some other calculation that can be done to signal that a > problem exists, but I could not produce such a calculation. > > Help. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
