"Luke Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > This notation is designed to let you write very large or > > very small numbers efficiently. The left portion of the > > C<e> is the coefficient, and the right is the exponent, > > so a number of the form C<C.CCCeXX> is actually intepreted > > as C<C.CCC * 10**XX>. > > Your "coefficient" is usually referred to as the mantissa. But it's > clear either way.
Technically, the mantissa is the part of the coefficient that comes after the point. Dave.
