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		simcop2387 on Jan 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Easy Way To Solve Equations In Python I suspect when your near an overflow or underflow situation. If a+b > MAX_INT or MAX_FLOAT then it could end up lower than a

barakstout on Jan 16, 2013 [–]

Wouldn't you consider that a very extreme situation? Also, I am not aware of a MAX_INT in python. As far as I know it is the limits of your memory. If you are trying to work with such big numbers you should really use something a little more than Python and Bisection.

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