Timeline for How do you round numbers so that it affects computation?
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| Mar 26, 2019 at 17:49 | answer | added | hlren | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 22:01 | vote | accept | Mr Alpha | ||
| Jul 4, 2012 at 20:12 | comment | added | acl | @whuber right, that was pasted from the docs. That is, I was pointing out that Round does what is being asked for, and this is mentioned at the top of the Round doc page. | |
| Jul 4, 2012 at 20:05 | comment | added | whuber | @acl Actually, that's not quite true: when a is a machine value, then after the rounding, the result has to be expressed in double precision binary, causing further rounding in the 52nd digit (base 2). Normally nobody would care, but if you're studying the effects of rounding and your investigation takes you into the realm of tiny changes and high precision, this effect could become important. | |
| Jul 4, 2012 at 13:36 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackMma/status/220511465893933056 | ||
| Jul 4, 2012 at 12:59 | answer | added | Mr.Wizard | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 4, 2012 at 12:46 | comment | added | acl | Round[x,a] rounds to the nearest multiple of a | |
| Jul 4, 2012 at 12:40 | answer | added | Artes | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 4, 2012 at 12:36 | answer | added | Chris Degnen | timeline score: 26 | |
| Jul 4, 2012 at 12:26 | history | asked | Mr Alpha | CC BY-SA 3.0 |