• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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      7 months ago

      Specifically I was referring to standard float representation which permits signed zeros. However, other comments provide some interesting examples also.

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        7 months ago

        Floating point numbers are not possible in two’s complement, besides that, what is your point? 0,99999999… is probably the same as 1.

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          7 months ago

          Yes, mathematically it’s the same, but in physics there’s a guy named Heisenberg who denies that 0.99999… really gets to 1. There is always this difference, for a mathematician infinite is not a problem, but for a physicist it is, plus a very big one.

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            7 months ago

            True, it sounds like that might be a problem if we consider that physics has to be between math and computer science.

            (Have a nice day)