And to use a concrete example: 1.4 + 1.4 = 2.8 - the sum rounds to 3.
If you round the addends, you get 1 + 1 = 2 On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:07 PM Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Beating what should be a dead horse. > > Let A, B, and C be rational numbers (ie: expressed in the form X/Y where > X and Y are integers). Let D be a function that represents the decimal > equivalent of a rational number to some finite number of decimal places. > > A + B = C does NOT imply that D(A) + D(B) = D(C) > > In other words, the fact that a set of books is balanced when the > amounts are represented as rationals does not mean would be balanced > once these rational numbers are converted to decimals. > > By and large, we keep our books as decimals (the books as we see them) > and entities that require reports from us are going to require values as > decimal (possibly rounded to some specified whole units of some currency > << THAT introduces a second level of complexity as it might be required > that those reports balance >> > > Gnucash is not making "errors" in arithmetic. Simply differences > intrinsic to the operation "round". > > > Michael D Novack > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
