Abstract
Assessing the accuracy of the results of calculations is a paramount goal in numerical analysis. One distinguishes several kinds of errors which may limit this accuracy:
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errors in the input data,
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roundoff errors,
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approximation errors.
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Stoer, J., Bulirsch, R. (1980). Error Analysis. In: Introduction to Numerical Analysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5592-3_1
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