Réf. : [scilab-Users] Question about Scilab-poly

[michel.marzin at ext.mpsa.com]

Hi,

experiment :

-->0.00000001
 ans  =

    1.000D-08

-->1d-6
 ans  =

    0.000001

So it's just a power of ten.

in your case, you can consider 4.406D-16 as zero.

You have to take care of precision in your operation.
Scilab isn't a symbolic software.


regards

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Hallo,

I have been using Scilab for about 3  months,as  a new  student.
My question...
What kind of number is that at the bottom...(4.406D-16).

Thanks in advance.