I have the general knowledge of machine math and speed, but am not familiar with specific fpga limits. Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Jay Austad > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 5:34 PM > To: Florin Iucha > Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] large number calculator > > > Pari looks interesting. I'm reading the docs, and it doesn't look > like it will handle the size of the numbers I'm dealing with > (2^4000000000 and larger). I've used some approximation techniques > to get my answer, however, I've tried 3 of them, and they all give me > numbers that are way different. I need an exact answer. Eventually, > I need a way to do this calculation fast too. Does anyone here have > a really good understanding of math and experience with FPGA's? > > On Mar 13, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Florin Iucha wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 04:43:03PM -0600, Jay Austad wrote: > >> I need to do some calculations on very large numbers, and bc won't > >> handle it. Does anyone know if a good tool which doesn't really have > >> a limit on the size of numbers that it can deal with? Something > >> preferably free, I only really need to do one calculation to find out > >> the probability of something, but it's fairly complex and has huge > >> numbers in it. > > > > Pari: > > > > http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/ > > > > http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dw/maths/PARI.pdf > > > > florin > > > > -- > > Don't question authority: they don't know either! > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >