On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM, pong <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I apologize in advance that this is essentially a question about
> python instead of sage.
>
> When I type 0.6**2 in python, it returns
> 0.35999999999999999
>
> When I do the same in SAGE
> 0.360000000000000
>
> It gives the correct answer. Why so? And can I make python gives the
> "correct" answer as well?
I highly recommend that you read
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/floatingpoint.html
to understand why Python does what it does.
William
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