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  • $MachinePrecision gives the number of decimal digits of precision used for machine-precision numbers.
  • A typical value of $MachinePrecision is 16.
  • $MachinePrecision gives the default precision assumed for approximate real numbers where few explicit digits are entered.
  • $MachinePrecision is the default precision used by N and other numerical functions.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 3.1.4, Section 3.1.6.
  • See also: $MachineEpsilon, $MinMachineNumber, $MaxMachineNumber.
  • Related package: NumericalMath`ComputerArithmetic`.


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