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From: schwab@julien.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Andreas Schwab)
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Subject: Re: how to format -1.23e-4 ?
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Date: 17 Jun 91 11:51:22 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.074816.9332@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1991Jun17.074816.9332@neon.Stanford.EDU>, golding@neon.Stanford.EDU (Andy Golding) writes:
|> 
|> I was wondering what is the preferred way of formatting
|> numbers in exponential notation, e.g.,
|> 
|> 	-1.23e-4
|> 
|> I tried the following:
|> 
|> (a)  -1.23e-4      -->  the negative signs are wrong
|> (b)  $-1.23e-4$    -->  bad spacing; looks like -1.23e minus 4
|> (c)  --1.23e--4    -->  the dashes and spacing don't look right
|> (d)  $-$1.23e$-$4  -->  not bad, but cumbersome to type
|> 
|> Perhaps my mistake is trying to use exponential notation
|> in the first place... but I don't see how else to print
|> tiny numbers.  Any suggestions?
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> Andy

What about $-1.23\cdot 10^{-4}$ ?
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Andreas Schwab
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