Re: Maple's linear algebra routine and higher precision arithmetic

In article <pan.2006.05.29.15.19.31.155994@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Ronald Haynes <ronald.haynes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, does Maple's linear algebra routine MatrixInverse play nicely with the
Digits command? If I set Digits:=50 and compute a Matrix Inverse will the
arithmetic all be done to 50 digits?

Yes, it will (if the original matrix involves floats). Note that
"to 50 digits" doesn't mean that the results are accurate to 50 digits,
but rather that the calculations are done with Digits set to 50.

Robert Israel israel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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