[scilab-Users] mismatch in calculation with scilab version 5.3.3 on ubuntu 12.04

[Samuel Gougeon]

Hello,

This result is correct. The following thread in Bugzilla may
interest you: http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4191#c2
Here,
-->%eps^(1/4)
  ans  =
     0.0001221
is of the order of shifts reported in your message.

Regards
Samuel Gougeon


Le 08/05/2012 20:26, Manjusha Joshi a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> Here is the code which is showing unexpected  results.
> I started with vector v.
>
> -->v=[1,1,1,1]
>  v  =
>
>     1.    1.    1.    1.
>
> //Defined poly with roots as v
> -->p=poly(v,'s')
>  p  =
>
>                2    3   4
>     1 - 4s + 6s - 4s + s
>
> -->roots(p)
>  ans  =
>
>     1.0001886
>     1.0000000 + 0.0001886i
>     1.0000000 - 0.0001886i
>     0.9998114
>  //roots of polynomial should be all 1, how ever, answer is different 
> with scilab 5.3.3 on ubuntu 12.04 computers. At least 6 machines 
> giving this  different answer. On the other hand scilab 5.3. giving 
> correct answer.
>
> Can any one put light on how to interpret it correctly or explain  any 
> other reason behind this?
>
> Regards,
>
> -- 
> Manjusha S. Joshi
> Pune, India
> blog:http://manjushajoshi.wordpress.com/
>
>