"Paul Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear All
>
> I am doing the following:
>
> > x <- yacas("3/2")
> > for (i in 2:400)
> + x <- yacas(paste(x,"*",x))
> > x
> expression(Inf^1.260864167e+117/Inf^6.304320836e+116)
> > Eval(x)
> [1] NaN
>
> No luck this way. However, I am successful with
>
> > y <- yacas("(3/2)^400")
> > y
> expression(7.05507910865533e+190/2.58224987808691e+120)
> > Eval(y)
> [1] 2.732144e+70
>
> If Ryacas/Yacas cannot multiply fractions with simultaenously very
> large numerators and denominators, what else should I use?
I don't think they are the same: the latter example has 400 terms, the
other about 2^400 terms....
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