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0 pointscrazygringo5y ago0 comments

But isn't that a feature, rather than a bug? It prevents you from getting "false accuracy".

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Yes, that's a feature. If you're using interval arithmetic and your result is an unreasonably large interval, then there's a good chance the algorithm in use is numerically unstable.

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klyrs5y ago

Yes, that's a feature. If you're using interval arithmetic and your result is an unreasonably large interval, then there's a good chance the algorithm in use is numerically unstable.

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