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fix regarding floating point representation #6

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fix 16-bit float mistake
devonwt Jun 13, 2018
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add clarification about printed floats
devonwt Jun 13, 2018
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions notebooks/01_basic_training.ipynb
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}
},
"source": [
"Careful: floats are limited by their 16-bit representation (same as in other languages)"
"Careful: floats are limited by their 64-bit representation (same as in other languages). A 64-bit float gives roughly 16 significant decimal digits. (However, note that even the number printed below by python is actually a rounded version of the true 64-bit representation.)"
]
},
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"metadata": {}
}
]
}
}