OOPS Re: precision of calculations

[Ted Harding]

On 23-Jul-99 I (Ted Harding) wrote:
> I'd suggest doing the following kind of test at critical points
> (example
> code only -- there'll be better ways of doing it in real life):
> 
>   ....
> 
>   x = A-B;
>   if( abs(x) < 5*eps ), x=0; endif
>   ....
> 
> I suggest a factor like 5 (but definitively) because smallish
> factors arise very easily indeed; e.g. ....

Please read:

> I suggest a factor like 5 (NOT definitively) because smallish

Sorry. Typo.

Ted.

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Date: 23-Jul-99                                       Time: 19:26:36
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