does this has to do with floating point representation of numbers {IEE 754} {single precision } then the number would be like like for 32 bit field
put 0 in the sign field all 1 in biased exponent field{8} and all zeros in the mantissa field{23} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_precision_floating-point_format also infinity is not equal to {1/machine tolerance=(2^-23)} for some machines one thing for sure is that you can never come up with something bigger by adding one to {infinity} and never subtract 1 from machine tolerance correct me if i am wrong please -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.