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$MinMachineNumber

Usage

• $MinMachineNumber is the smallest positive machine-precision number that can be used on a particular computer system.


Notes

• Accuracy[0.] yields Log[10, $MinMachineNumber].
• See notes for $MaxMachineNumber.
• See Section 3.1.6.
• See also: $MinNumber.
• Related package: NumericalMath`ComputerArithmetic`.
• New in Version 2.


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