sage: x=CDF(-9.7689756689304364455848100180e133 + ....: 2.0173827172553973356686868531e118*I) sage: y=CDF(-9.7689756689306664272145771333e133) sage: x-y 2.29981629767e+120 + 2.01738271726e+118*I
# so instead of (almost) 0 for the real part, one gets more that 10^120 # on MacOSX 10.6 and on boxen, same story... # same with RDF: sage: x=RDF(-9.7689756689304364455848100180e133) sage: y=RDF(-9.7689756689306664272145771333e133) sage: x-y 2.29981629767e+120 Well, I understand we are on the border (if not over) of the precision here... Dima -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org