MATLAB: What is 1.0e+003* in Matlab? what does * signify

eigenvalue calculation

hi all, when i am calculating eigenvalue of 5 by 5 matrix that time i am getting 1.0e+003*, 1.050, 0.0050,0,0,0 as result. what is 1.0e+003* in Matlab? what does * signify? please clarify. Thanks in advance

Best Answer

You may wish to give the command
format short g
or
format long g