[R] Help for numbers close to 1 in R

[Gabor Grothendieck]

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On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:17 AM, cjmr <cjregunay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I have a problem with adding 1 and very small numbers
>
> ex:
>>p=1e-49
>>1+p
> [1] 1
>
> My problem comes from some values of x for the value:
>    1-exp(-sum((x-1/sqrt(3))^2))
> the return values are always equivalent.
>
> Please help
> Thanks
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