Floating-Point Representation/Examples/105.7/Mistake

Source Work

1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.)

2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):

floating-point representation

Mistake

For example, $105.7 = 0.1057 \times 10^{-3}$.

Correction

In fact:

$105.7 = 0.1057 \times 10^3$.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): floating-point representation
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): floating-point representation