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Re:Computer Proof ‘Blows Up’ Centuries-Old Fluid Equations by thaumasiotes on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:36AM (#33669242)
Floating point infinity is "actual infinity". It has all the correct mathematical properties. If you want to slam a special IEEE constant, you should slam 0, which has different properties from mathematical zero.
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Re:Computer Proof ‘Blows Up’ Centuries-Old Fluid Equations by majewsky on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:59AM (#33670674)
According to my Javascript console (using IEEE754 double precision), 1e308+1e308 equals Infinity. That's not "actual infinity".
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