An Example in "Significant-Digit" Arithmetic* Different methods of handling the summing process for the geometric series are shown to give results indicating widely differing significances when carried out in a machine incorporating "significant-digit" arithmetic. CACM January, 1964 Miller, R. H. CA640107 JB March 10, 1978 5:34 AM 1148 4 1148 1148 5 1148 1148 5 1148 1148 5 1148 85 5 1148 3131 5 1148 893 6 1148 1148 6 1148