[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51952] Incorrect result for computation of

[Marco Caliari]

Update of bug #51952 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Invalid                
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #1:

You cannot expect it in floating point arithmetic. Even the simpler


(1/49)*49-1


does not give exactly 0. Please, look for "What Every Computer Scientist
Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic"

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