Python fails on math

sturlamolden sturlamolden at yahoo.no
Tue Feb 22 15:54:42 EST 2011


On 22 Feb, 14:20, christian schulze <xcr... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I just found out, how much Python fails on simple math. I checked a
> simple equation for a friend.

Python does not fail. Floating point arithmetics and numerical
approximations will do this. If you need symbolic maths, consider
using the sympy package. If you want to prove it to yourself, try the
same thing numerically with Matlab first, and then symbolically with
Maple or Mathematica.

Sturla




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