On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Bert Gunter <gunter.ber...@gene.com> wrote: > *** COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC *** > > Although machine precision (smallest numerical values that can be exactly > represented) is important for numerical calculations, what is the smallest > number that anyone has actually seen describing physical phenomena in > science? I've seen values of ca. 1e-20 or so routinely used in physics on > both size (e.g quarks) and time scales (lifetimes of evanescent particles). > Beyond that about the smallest values I've seen are about 1e-40 or so > seconds in discussions of Big Bang dynamics. Does anyone know of smaller > ones (and those I've quoted might certainly be off somewhat).
Hmmm smaller than 1e40... Well, I think I've seen the charge on an electron given as much, much smaller than that... > Just curious. Hope this abuse of the list is not too egregious. Ignore if > you think it is. It's Casual Friday. Barry ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
