Prime sign ` followed by numerical values

Asked May 08 '22 at 14:39

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Here are 2 lines of the numerical output of Mathematica: -0.0021055211287945152282575757575757575812.493743372412704 0.0282098170963017582537878787878787878913.228355515542138

What does the prime sign ` mean here? When I copy each line of number back to the Mathematica script, the stuff after the prime sign disappears. e.g.

-0.00210552112879451522825757575757575758`12.493743372412704

becomes just

-0.00210552112879451522825757575757575758

asked May 08 '22 at 14:39

DannyLouis

Start here: http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/Numbers.html . In particular, the section on Numerical Precision and the chart titled Input forms for numbers. – lericr May 08 '22 at 15:21
BTW, generally the sign for a "prime" is a forward tick, '. The back tick is used to denote precision, accuracy (as in 0``2.3), and contexts. – Michael E2 May 08 '22 at 16:38
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Prime sign ` followed by numerical values

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