Python - Scientific Notation

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Python uses a traditional programming notation for scientificfic notation.

The notation:

• 6.022e23

  denotes the value

  6.02*10^23

  ,

• 6.626e-34

  denotes the value

  6.626*�10^-34

  .

Since Python uses limited-precision arithmetic, there are round-off errors:

>>> 1e16 + 1
1e16