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minExponent

Description

This constant is the smallest exponent (of 2) that can be stored internally in the binary representation of an inexact real (or complex) number. It cannot be changed. 
i1 : minExponent

o1 = -1073741824

For the programmer

The object minExponent is an integer.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_system.m2:1687:0.