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Article #32170Re: EXCEL LOG10 Error on MAC II
From: Jurjen N.E. Bos
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1988 07:33
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1988 07:33
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In article <9367@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> eto@spacely.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Edward Olsen) writes: >I find that if I take LOG10(2.7E-20) that I come up with a #NUM! error, >whereas LOG10(2.8E-20) computes fine. The break point occurs at > LOG10(2.7105054312138E-20) It might be interesting to point out that this number is exactly 2^-65. -- -- Jurjen N.E. Bos (jurjen@cwi.nl)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!jurjen From: jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen N.E. Bos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: EXCEL LOG10 Error on MAC II Summary: I know this number Keywords: Excel log10 math coprocessor Message-ID: <7642@boring.cwi.nl> Date: 15 Sep 88 07:33:03 GMT References: <9367@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 8