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Memory Use with E^-(10^11) vs E^-(10^10)

Posted 11 years ago
POSTED BY: David G
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No problem with Window 7 Home Premium

In[22]:= $Version
Out[22]= "10.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (June 29, 2014)"

In[4]:= E^-(10^11)
Out[4]= 1/E^100000000000

In[5]:= E^-(10^10)
Out[5]= 1/E^10000000000

In[8]:= N[E^-(10^11), 100]
Out[8]= 4.7295218355627448338846996370790873689181078443333835968458353849343069\
65812228961404328217878684066*10^-43429448191

In[9]:= N[E^-(10^10), 100]
Out[9]= 9.2785844203248725780731422989302228936631015498327395613504872541681042\
05450822972896290668681753332*10^-4342944820

In[21]:= E^-(10^11) == (E^-(10^10))^(10)
Out[21]= True
POSTED BY: Udo Krause

No such similar behavior on MacOSX. Sounds like a bug.

POSTED BY: David Reiss
Posted 11 years ago

Same here, besides RAM loads down virtual memory M10 Windows 7 Pro.

POSTED BY: Douglas Kubler
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