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sym or double precision?

which one is numerically better? using the symbolic toolbox or just double precision?


how does using syms affect processing speed? can all operations be performed?

"Jveer " <jveer@jveer.com> wrote in message <gpj1dh$rgu$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> which one is numerically better? using the symbolic toolbox or just double precision?
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> how does using syms affect processing speed? can all operations be performed?

SYMS arg1 arg2 ... unreal
    is short-hand notation for
       arg1 = sym('arg1','unreal');
       arg2 = sym('arg2','unreal'); ...
 
    Each input argument must begin with a letter and must contain only
    alphanumeric characters.

I think syms it's more precise(it's alphanumerical)

>>help syms

for detailed information

Jveer wrote:
> which one is numerically better? using the symbolic toolbox or just double precision?

The symbolic toolbox supports up to tens of thousands of digits (I don't recall the
exact limit.)