On Friday, March 28, 2014 2:34:55 AM UTC-7, Ralf Stephan wrote: > > while in Pari: > ? sin(1.1) > %1 = 0.89120736006143533995180257787170353832 > ? sin(11/10) > %2 = 0.89120736006143533995180257787170353832 >
Pari works with multiprecision by default, so you're getting more digits here: ? precision(1.1) %18 = 38 ? 10.0^39+1.0-10.0^39 %23 = 0.E1 so you're working with more precision than you might expect (this is on a 64-bit machine. The defaults on 32 bit are different) Furthermore, pari will increase number of digits it keeps track of under some conditions: ? precision(1.0+10^60) %24 = 115 It's certainly not the case that 1.1 is some kind of decimal or rational in pari: ? type(1.1) %25 = "t_REAL" and t_REAL is a binary float type (see docs). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
