Will coompotors ever be able to work out what 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 multiplied by 999999999999998999999999999.8888888999888999999999999999 ?
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Anonymous2010-03-13 15:37
yes
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Anonymous2010-03-13 15:42
Yes. The answer is 9.999999999999989999999999998888888999888999989999999999000010000000000001111111000111000000000000001*^71.
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It is possible. This sort of problem is not a common problem and so you'll need to find a special calculator that deals with these sorts of numbers in multiplication.
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Anonymous2010-03-13 23:09
If anything is gonna calculate that it'd be the GMP library.