Glad to know that astronomy is not the only area where one is happy to have one significant digit!
On 27 May 2013 12:11:45 -0600, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > One needs to know something about the problem to know if such small amounts > are significant. Like a small number in acceleration makes a big difference > in calculating the path for a rocket to Mars or farther. But for something > like oil reserves in the ground we are lucky if even the first significant > digit is correct. --- Murray Eisenberg [email protected] Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2838 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
