SetAccuracy[1/998001, 4000] gives the same problem (no 998) for me. Bill C. -----Original Message----- From: math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Allan Wechsler Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 11:16 AM To: Dan Asimov; math-fun Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [math-fun] Fun with math: Dividing one by 998001 yields a surprising result You want 998001. Two zeros. On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
What am I doing wrong? (seriously):
<< In[3]:= N[1/99801,500]
Out[3]= 0.0000100199396799631266219777356940311219326459654712878628470656606 . . .
--Dan
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