On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 at 17:13, Daniel Watson <dcwatso...@gmail.com> wrote:

> BigSigFig result = new BigSigFig("1.1").multiply(new BigSigFig("2"))

Multiply is easy as you take the minimum significant figures. What
about addition?

12345 + 0.0001

Here the significant figures should remain at 5.

And for this:

12345 + 10.0
12345 + 10
12345 + 1
12345 + 1.0
12345 + 1.00

You have to track the overlap of significant digits somehow.

Alex

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