I'm just an amature who occasionally uses Python for complex mathematical
models. The current model I'm working with occasionally generates really
large numbers that are either "float" or "complex" types. These numbers are
so large that I either get an overflow error, or some funky code like #INF
or 1.#INDj. However I really need these numbers to be calculated (although
precision isn't key). Is there a way to get python to increase the size
limit of float and complex numbers? I should mention that I'm using a lot of
pre-made modules and functions like math.exp() and scipy.special.erf() that
don't seem to be able to use available types like "Decimal" or "FixedPoint"
(especially since these don't seem to handle complex numbers).
Since I learn best by example, how could one solve the following problem:
from math import exp
x=1000.
z=exp(x)
so that z returns an actual value
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Todd