QUOTE(Cobra @ Mar 28 2003 - 02:44 PM)
So, 2^4096=X
I want to know _exact_ value of X. Are there any (free) programs which give accurate results for this?
Sure. Lots.
bc and dc are two.
I'll use dc for my example. It operates in Reverse Polish Notation (the operator comes after the operands). ^ is exponentiation. p is the unary 'print' operator, and q is the void 'quit' operator.
CODE
linux:~$ dc
2 4096^pq
104438888141315250669175271071662438257996424904738378038423348328395\
390797155745684882681193499755834089010671443926283798757343818579360\
726323608785136527794595697654370999834036159013438371831442807001185\
594622637631883939771274567233468434458661749680790870580370407128404\
874011860911446797778359802900668693897688178778594690563019026094059\
957945343282346930302669644305902501597239986771421554169383555988529\
148631823791443449673408781187263949647510018904134900841706167509366\
833385055103297208826955076998361636941193301521379682583718809183365\
675122131849284636812555022599830041234478486259567449219461702380650\
591324561082573183538008760862210283427019769820231316901767800667519\
548507992163641937028537512478401490715913545998279051339961155179427\
110683113409058427288427979155484978295432353451706522326906139490598\
769300212296339568778287894844061600741294567491982305057164237715481\
632138063104590291613692670834285644073044789997190178146576347322385\
026725305989979599609079946920177462481771844986745565925017832907047\
311943316555080756822184657174637329688491281952031745700244092661691\
087414838507841192980452298185733897764810312608590300130241346718972\
6673216491511131602920781738033436090243804708340403154190336
linux:~$
If you're running windows, you probably want to install
cygwin anyway (you can't run
LyX without it.

).