machine.ss
;;; PLT Scheme Science Collection
;;; machine.ss
;;; Copyright (c) 2004 M. Douglas Williams
;;;
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;;;
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;;; -------------------------------------------------------------------
;;;
;;; This code is based on the machine precision and limits constants
;;; in the GNU Scientific Library (GSL), which is also licensed under
;;; the GPL.
;;;
;;; Version  Date      Description
;;; 0.1.0    08/14/04  This is the initial release of the machine
;;;                    constants ported from GSL. (Doug Williams)
;;; 1.0.0    09/20/04  Marked as ready for Release 1.0 (Doug
;;;                    Williams)

(module machine mzscheme
  
  (provide
   (all-defined))
  
  ;; Magic constants; mostly for the benefit of the implementation
  
  (define double-epsilon        2.2204460492503131e-16)
  (define sqrt-double-epsilon   1.4901161193847656e-08)
  (define root3-double-epsilon  6.0554544523933429e-06)
  (define root4-double-epsilon  1.2207031250000000e-04)
  (define root5-double-epsilon  7.4009597974140505e-04)
  (define root6-double-epsilon  2.4607833005759251e-03)
  (define log-double-epsilon   -3.6043653389117154e+01)
  
  (define double-min        2.2250738585072014e-308)
  (define sqrt-double-min   1.4916681462400413e-154)
  (define root3-double-min  2.8126442852362996e-103)
  (define root4-double-min  1.2213386697554620e-77)
  (define root5-double-min  2.9476022969691763e-62)
  (define root6-double-min  5.3034368905798218e-52)
  (define log-double-min   -7.0839641853226408e+02)
  
  (define double-max        1.7976931348623157e+308)
  (define sqrt-double-max   1.3407807929942596e+154)
  (define root3-double-max  5.6438030941222897e+102)
  (define root4-double-max  1.1579208923731620e+77)
  (define root5-double-max  4.4765466227572707e+61)
  (define root6-double-max  2.3756689782295612e+51)
  (define log-double-max    7.0978271289338397e+02)
  
  ;; I'm not sure about the next ones - MDW.
  
  ;; a little internal backwards compatibility
  (define machine-eps double-epsilon)
  
  ;; Here are constants related to or derived from
  ;; machine constants. These are not to be confused with
  ;; the constants that define various precision levels
  ;; for the precision/error system.
  ;;
  ;; This information is determined at configure time
  ;; and is platform dependent. Edit at your own risk.
  
  ;; machine precision constants
  ;; (define machine-eps 1.0e-15)
  (define sqrt-machine-eps   3.2e-08)
  (define root3-machine-eps  1.0e-05)
  (define root4-machine-eps  0.000178)
  (define root5-machine-eps  0.00100)
  (define root6-machine-eps  0.00316)
  (define log-machine-eps   -34.54)
  
)