From: "John D'Errico" <woodchips@rochester.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: precision of numbers?
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dbsearch04 wrote:
>
>
> Hello Matlab UG:
>
> I ran the following simple script under V2007a:
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>>> A = [0,1;1,1]
>
>>> A^1000
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>>> A^10000
>
> The first computation gives 4 numbers (time e+208) as expected.
>
> The second computation gives 4 values of 'Inf'!?!
>
> Is it possible to tell Matlab to use greater precision for its
> computations?
>
> TIA.
>
> Regards..

(This is not a precision question.)

Could you do this, then someone else
would be asking why they cannot compute

  A^10000000000000

or some arbitrarily higher power.

If you truly need this, there is
always the symbolic toolbox, using
vpa.

John