# High precision linear algebra in julia: BigFloat vs arb (ball arithmetic)

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**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/high-precision-linear-algebra-in-julia-bigfloat-vs-arb-ball-arithmetic/12819 "2018-08-02T11:34:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/high-precision-linear-algebra-in-julia-bigfloat-vs-arb-ball-arithmetic/12819/1 "2018-08-02T11:34:01Z")

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Fredrik Johansson has put together a quick blog post comparing performance of Julia BigFloat matrices vs Nemo Arb matrices:

[http://fredrikj.net/blog/2018/07/high-precision-linear-algebra-in-julia-bigfloat-vs-arb/](http://fredrikj.net/blog/2018/07/high-precision-linear-algebra-in-julia-bigfloat-vs-arb/)