Thanks for your help Hans and the pointer to the extended math library.
Lots more to explore now.
Best Wishes
Keith
On Sat, 16 May 2020, 20:46 Hans Hagen, wrote:
> On 5/16/2020 4:48 PM, Keith McKay wrote:
> > Answering my own problem here.
> >
> > I've just searched through the mailing list
On 5/16/2020 4:48 PM, Keith McKay wrote:
Answering my own problem here.
I've just searched through the mailing list archives and it seems that
if I add [instance=doublefun] I do not get the Arithmetic Overflow
error. Joy!
fwiw, we have also instance=decimalfun
concerning arithmic:
in
On 5/16/2020 4:36 PM, Keith McKay wrote:
Colleagues
I'm having problems with an Arithmetic Overflow error when calculating
the x and y values for functions of the form:
y = ax^4 + bx^3 + cx^2 + dx + e
to which I then add a bit of randomness and other embellishments. I have
had a look in
Answering my own problem here.
I've just searched through the mailing list archives and it seems that
if I add [instance=doublefun] I do not get the Arithmetic Overflow
error. Joy!
Thanks
Best Wishes
Keith McKay
On 16/05/2020 15:36, Keith McKay wrote:
Colleagues
I'm having problems
Colleagues
I'm having problems with an Arithmetic Overflow error when calculating
the x and y values for functions of the form:
y = ax^4 + bx^3 + cx^2 + dx + e
to which I then add a bit of randomness and other embellishments. I have
had a look in the Metafun and Metafont manuals but nothing
