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Message-ID: <20081204132629.267240@gmx.net>
Date: 2008-12-04T13:26:29Z
From: Marc Jekel
Subject: small numbers
In-Reply-To: <mailman.27.1228302007.24649.r-help@r-project.org>

Dear R Fans,

I have a simple probem but cannot find any reference to the soultion.

I want to do calculations with small numbers (for max likelihood estimations). The lowest value R is storing by default is 1*10^-323, a smaller numer like 1*10^-324 is stored as a 0. How can I circumvent this problem? Is there a way to define how small a number can be in R.

Thanks for a reply in advance,

Marc
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