I am wondering why some large exponentials yield wrong values, specifically always 1 or 0 julia> 123^(456^789) 1 julia> (0.1)^(456^789) 1.0 julia> 456^789 0 This results in wrong values inside functions julia> atan((0.1)^(456^789)) 0.7853981633974483 julia> atan(1) 0.7853981633974483 I’d expe…

Should large exponentials not yield Inf?

nilshg May 16, 2022, 10:26am 2

5 Likes

Topic		Replies	Views
Julia messes up integer exponents? Performance integer-overflow	106	6695	February 21, 2019
Integer power of large Integer returning very wrong results General Usage base	7	542	May 15, 2023
Exponent operator failing for large exponents General Usage	11	404	October 5, 2022
Weird floating point under/overflow behavior General Usage	3	266	March 31, 2024
Math operation known issue? a^b General Usage question , special-issue , math , integer-overflow	11	1619	May 6, 2020