Re: [Maxima-discuss] rationalize(0.1) and the manual

[Jaime V. <vi...@fe...>]

On 11-06-2015 08:41, David Scherfgen wrote:
> excerpt from Maxima's manual entry for "rationalize":
>
> "If you are not familiar with the binary representation of floating 
> point numbers, you might be surprised that |rationalize (0.1)| does 
> not equal 1/10."
>
> However, directly after that, it shows an example that tells us the 
> opposite:
Hello,
thanks for pointing that out. The manual is obviously wrong. I will fix it.
Best regards,
Jaime Villate