OFFSET
0,13
COMMENTS
In 1994, Thomas R. Nicely found the "Pentium Bug". (1/824633702441)*824633702441 was calculated by Pentium, however, the result (= 0.999999996274709702) was wrong.
REFERENCES
J. Havil, Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant, Princeton Univ. Press, 2003.
LINKS
Thomas R. Nicely's email Original Pentium FDIV flaw e-mail - Thomas R. Nicely
Thomas R. Nicely's email R. Smith==>Nicely Pentium flaw e-mail - Thomas R. Nicely
Prime Curios! 824633702441
Wikipedia, Pentium FDIV bug.
EXAMPLE
1/824633702441 = 1.21265962940866695675115382571732577922... * 10^(-12).
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[1/824633702441, 10, 100, -1]] (* Paolo Xausa, Jun 17 2024 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Aug 15 2017
STATUS
approved