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Hello,
i'm having trouble evaluating my gamma factor for my special relativity homework, because I need to compute 1 minus a very small number (8.57*10^-13). My calculator treats this value as simply 1, as does Mathematica. Although I don't know much about it, and maybe there's a way to force it to consider the small number.
Are there any methods that I could do by hand?
(I am also looking for a computer method elsewhere, but I figured this might be interesting).
Thanks!
i'm having trouble evaluating my gamma factor for my special relativity homework, because I need to compute 1 minus a very small number (8.57*10^-13). My calculator treats this value as simply 1, as does Mathematica. Although I don't know much about it, and maybe there's a way to force it to consider the small number.
Are there any methods that I could do by hand?
(I am also looking for a computer method elsewhere, but I figured this might be interesting).
Thanks!