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$MinMachineNumber

FilledSmallSquare $MinMachineNumber is the smallest positive machine-precision number that can be used on a particular computer system.

FilledSmallSquare Accuracy[0.] yields Log[10, $MinMachineNumber].

FilledSmallSquare See notes for $MaxMachineNumber.

FilledSmallSquare See Section 3.1.6.

FilledSmallSquare See also: $MinNumber.

FilledSmallSquare Related package: NumericalMath`ComputerArithmetic`.

FilledSmallSquare New in Version 2.



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