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Should I send a corrigendum to my paper because values in the supporting material are wrong by an amount that doesn't impact the conclusion?

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Recently iI recently got a paper published and I reported a result in the body of the text that is right. However, this value is based on values in the Supplementary Materialsupplementary material that are extremely close to the right values but with a diferencedifference (error, let's be honest) in the last decimal place. For example, the right would be "2,765 and 2,777" and I reported "2,764 and 2,778". The main value, that results from them and that is disclosed in the paper, is right. That wrong approximation of the mentioned values do not change the conclusions in absolutely nothingat all and my advisor saidtold me to move on and forget Itit, that a corrigendum would not be necessary since the mistake is minor and Itit could potentially damage my career.What do you guys think about it What is your advice? Thank you in advance.

Recently i got a paper published and I reported a result in the body of the text that is right. However, this value is based on values in the Supplementary Material that are extremely close to the right values but with a diference (error, let's be honest) in the last decimal place. For example, the right would be "2,765 and 2,777" and I reported "2,764 and 2,778". The main value, that results from them and that is disclosed in the paper, is right. That wrong approximation of the mentioned values do not change the conclusions in absolutely nothing and my advisor said me to move on and forget It, that a corrigendum would not be necessary since the mistake is minor and It could potentially damage my career.What do you guys think about it? Thank you in advance.

I recently got a paper published and reported a result in the body of the text that is right. However, this value is based on values in the supplementary material that are extremely close to the right values but with a difference (error, let's be honest) in the last decimal place. For example, the right would be "2,765 and 2,777" and I reported "2,764 and 2,778". The main value that results from them and that is disclosed in the paper, is right. That wrong approximation of the mentioned values do not change the conclusions at all and my advisor told me to move on and forget it, that a corrigendum would not be necessary since the mistake is minor and it could potentially damage my career. What is your advice?

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Should I send a corrigendum to my paper?

Recently i got a paper published and I reported a result in the body of the text that is right. However, this value is based on values in the Supplementary Material that are extremely close to the right values but with a diference (error, let's be honest) in the last decimal place. For example, the right would be "2,765 and 2,777" and I reported "2,764 and 2,778". The main value, that results from them and that is disclosed in the paper, is right. That wrong approximation of the mentioned values do not change the conclusions in absolutely nothing and my advisor said me to move on and forget It, that a corrigendum would not be necessary since the mistake is minor and It could potentially damage my career.What do you guys think about it? Thank you in advance.