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$MachinePrecision
$MachinePrecision
gives the number of decimal digits of precision used for machine-precision numbers.
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A typical value of
$MachinePrecision
is
53log
10
2
or approximately 16.
$MachinePrecision
is the numerical value of
MachinePrecision
.
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MachinePrecision
$MachineEpsilon
$MinMachineNumber
$MaxMachineNumber
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