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| author | Gavin D. Howard <gavin@gavinhoward.com> | 2023-08-22 21:24:22 -0600 |
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| committer | Gavin D. Howard <gavin@gavinhoward.com> | 2023-08-22 21:24:22 -0600 |
| commit | 30e671105414d48ba1007291db97572628e1e569 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d6c5a36392939f44eaeb4421f4e0302766ab3bc | |
| parent | 84ab7982fa36d5cdb5dcb7e30f35608522310db7 (diff) | |
| download | bc-30e671105414d48ba1007291db97572628e1e569.tar.gz | |
Make a tiny tweak to TediusTimmy's algorithm
I just increased the scale a bit.
Signed-off-by: Gavin D. Howard <gavin@gavinhoward.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | gen/lib2.bc | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manuals/algorithms.md | 8 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gen/lib2.bc b/gen/lib2.bc index 2d508714..1d7d48c6 100644 --- a/gen/lib2.bc +++ b/gen/lib2.bc @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ define p(x,y){ } i=x^a s=scale - scale+=length(i) + scale+=length(i)+5 if(z){ x=1/z i=x^a diff --git a/manuals/algorithms.md b/manuals/algorithms.md index fa4c3511..e0a5e8a4 100644 --- a/manuals/algorithms.md +++ b/manuals/algorithms.md @@ -237,10 +237,10 @@ get clever. We then compute the integral portion of the power by computing the number to power of the integral portion of the exponent. -Then we have the most clever trick: we add the length of that integer power to -the `scale`. Why? Because this will ensure that the next part is calculated to -at least as many digits as should be in the integer *plus* any extra `scale` -that was wanted. +Then we have the most clever trick: we add the length of that integer power (and +a little extra) to the `scale`. Why? Because this will ensure that the next part +is calculated to at least as many digits as should be in the integer *plus* any +extra `scale` that was wanted. Then we check `z`, which, if it is not zero, is the original value of the number. If it is not zero, we need to take the take the reciprocal *again* |