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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear mailing list,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm working on a series of small nonconvex MINLPs,
and I have a question: what is the maximum allowed value of an integer
variable?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Right now and in the near future, I expect my
integer variables to fit inside the mantissa of a double floating point, but I
am not sure about the number of guard digits I should allow after the decimal
point.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you in advance.</FONT></DIV>
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