I would like to perform significance arithmetic in calc-mode. For example, I want 5000 to have one significant figure, and 5.0e3 to have two significant figures. Calculations should preserve significant figures according to the rules of significance arithmetic. How can I accomplish this?
asked Jul 15, 2015 at 3:14
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To the best of my knowledge, this isn't something Calc can do. I know, however Sage: doc.sagemath.org/html/en/reference/rings_numerical/sage/rings/… can do something similar.– wvxvwJul 15, 2015 at 9:00
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6The nearest you can get with calc is to use error forms for propagation of uncertainty, or interval forms for hard interval propagation. The final error or interval will determine the significant digits in your result.– JuanchoJul 15, 2015 at 12:30
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