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[Brian Kaczynski]

Hello Jonathan,

I'm not sure what you mean by "is there some function which allows me to view the mathematical proof of the square root function for irrational numbers?"

But the numbers Octave displays have to do with the requested display accuracy and the fact that they are represented by finite-precision floating-point numbers.

If you want to see more significant digits type "format long g" at the prompt.  I tested this and it matches the numbers from the website you linked out to 14 digits after the decimal point.  After that you're running into the limitations of the finite-precision arithmetic Octave uses.

-Brian

2015-10-24 11:36 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Camilleri <address@hidden>:

When I type sqrt(3) and sqrt(99) I do not get the same result as https://www.mathsisfun.com/irrational-numbers.html, is there some function which allows me to view the mathematical proof of the square root function for irrational numbers?

Sorry just an idiosyncratic question.

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