Floating-point inaccuracies in IEEE-754 but not your simple/scientific calculator
It's well-known that the IEEE-754 floating point arithmetic results in certain accuracy/precision issues like the one shown here
However, such an issue doesn't come up when you use a calculator(Casio hardware or the calc app on your PC):
How so?
calculator
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
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It's well-known that the IEEE-754 floating point arithmetic results in certain accuracy/precision issues like the one shown here
However, such an issue doesn't come up when you use a calculator(Casio hardware or the calc app on your PC):
How so?
calculator
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
13
add a comment |
It's well-known that the IEEE-754 floating point arithmetic results in certain accuracy/precision issues like the one shown here
However, such an issue doesn't come up when you use a calculator(Casio hardware or the calc app on your PC):
How so?
calculator
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
13
It's well-known that the IEEE-754 floating point arithmetic results in certain accuracy/precision issues like the one shown here
However, such an issue doesn't come up when you use a calculator(Casio hardware or the calc app on your PC):
How so?
calculator
calculator
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
13
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
13
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
13
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
13
asked Jan 14 at 21:12
Tejas ChandrashekharTejas Chandrashekhar
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