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Results obtained from numerical calculations on a computer are subject to two sources of possible error. One of these is the unavoidable error which results from the way that numbers are stored on a computer, while the other error is one deliberately incurred by the numerical method we have chosen.
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© 1987 E. J. Redfern
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Redfern, E.J. (1987). Numerical Errors and Accuracy. In: Introduction to Pascal for Computational Mathematics. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18977-9_5
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