[net.bizarre] Four calculated out to 10,000 places

dave@fluke.UUCP (Dave Van Ess) (10/14/85)

Yesterday I calculated the value of four to 10,000 places behind the decimal.
This is what I got:

	4.000000000000000000000000000000000000000{9950 more zeros}00000000000



I would have calculated it farther, but my problem crashed. I got a foredump.


						Dave Van Ess
						John Fluke Mfg Co
						Everett WA

entropy@fluke.UUCP (Terrence J. Mason) (10/14/85)

In article <966@vax2.fluke.UUCP> dave@fluke.UUCP (Dave Van Ess) writes:
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>Yesterday I calculated the value of four to 10,000 places behind the decimal.
>This is what I got:
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>	4.000000000000000000000000000000000000000{9950 more zeros}00000000000
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Hey, what gives here?  I calculated the value of four to 10,000 places and
what I got was:

	4.000000000000000000000000000000000000000{9950 more zeros}00000000003

I think your algorithm must be in error.  I don't understand what you could
have done wrong.  I hope this helps.

terry mason