Floating Point Error Example
Last post, we talked about how to understand floating point error, but the only example we consider was the trivial case of a + b + c. In this post, we will ...
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Math
Understanding Floating Point Error
Floating point is the most commonly used number format for calculations. In this post, I go over the basics of understanding floating point rounding and erro...
Computer Science
Floating Point Error Example
Last post, we talked about how to understand floating point error, but the only example we consider was the trivial case of a + b + c. In this post, we will ...
Understanding Floating Point Error
Floating point is the most commonly used number format for calculations. In this post, I go over the basics of understanding floating point rounding and erro...
Statistics
Guess the Largest Number Paradox
Many statistical paradoxes boil down to an imprecise problem statement, but this is one paradox that is truly astonishing, where we seem to get information f...