#18888: failing optional mathematica tests, due to bugs in N() and n()
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Reporter: slabbe | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-7.1
Component: interfaces: | Resolution:
optional | Merged in:
Keywords: mathematica | Reviewers:
Authors: | Work issues: fix `N()` and `n()`
Report Upstream: N/A | Commit:
Branch: public/18888 | 4fd09adee1cffa4fb7922862d20d2587f7837362
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by vbraun):
Whats wrong? With hindsight you need
{{{
sage: log(3.14 / 0.005, 2)
9.29462074889163
}}}
bits of precision to know the next decimal digit, and there is probably a
guard (binary) digit:
{{{
sage: pi.n(11)
3.14
sage: pi.n(digits=10)
3.141592654
}}}
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