Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:50:56
From: S Bond
Subject: Re: absolute or relative error (p 1.6)
You should compute the absolute forward and absolute backward error. Make sure you compute enough digits to get at least two significant figures in the error. This can be a problem if you are using a simple pocket calculator. I would suggest using Matlab since it uses double precision. -Stephen Bond Katya Gonina wrote: > Should we compute the absolute or the relative errors for problem 1.6? > > Thanks, > > K