[Axiom-developer] [Richard Fateman <address@hidden>] Re: [Maxima] strange behaviour with simple decimals / Axiom

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

FYI.

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> Re: [Maxima] strange behaviour with simple decimals / Axiom
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> Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:54:35 -0700
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> In Axiom version of  1/17/2005
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> 1.4^2  comes out as 1.96
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> 1.96 - 1.4^2  comes out as  0.7 E -20
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> I don't know if this counts as unexpected to a 5th grader, but does a 
> 5th grader even know about "E" scientific notation?
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