James Stroud wrote: > For this matrix, I'm getting this with numpy: > > 2774532095.9999971 > > But I have a feeling I'm exceeding the capacity of floats here. > Does anyone have an idea for how to treat this?
Not if you don't state your requirements more precisely. E. g. what precision do you need? > Is it absurd to think I could get a determinant of this matrix? Absolutely not. > Is there a python package that could help me? Help doing what? BTW, scilab says this: -->det(A) ans = 2.7745320960000E+09 -->ans-2774532095.9999971 ans = 2.8610229492188E-06 --> The error is 15 magnitudes below your result -- what do you want more? :) Regards, Björn P.S.: >>> print 2774532095.9999971 2774532096.0 >>> -- BOFH excuse #118: the router thinks its a printer. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list