source_python_numbers.tex

\subsection*{\href{https://sourceacademy.org/sicpjs/1.1.1\#p3}{Floating-point Numbers}}

We use decimal notation for numbers, with an optional decimal dot. ``Scientific notation''
(multiplying the number with $10^x$) is indicated with the letter \texttt{e}, followed
by the exponent $x$.
Examples for numbers are \texttt{5432}, \texttt{-5432.109}, and \texttt{-43.21e-45}.