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| author | Michaël Baudin <michael.baudin@scilab.org> | 2009-02-16 15:41:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Michaël Baudin <michael.baudin@scilab.org> | 2009-02-16 15:41:54 +0100 |
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diff --git a/scilab_doc/scilabisnotnaive/introduction.tex b/scilab_doc/scilabisnotnaive/introduction.tex index a66ce2e..b697405 100644 --- a/scilab_doc/scilabisnotnaive/introduction.tex +++ b/scilab_doc/scilabisnotnaive/introduction.tex | |||
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| 3 | Scilab take cares with your numbers. | 3 | Scilab take cares with your numbers. |
| 4 | While most mathematic books deals with exact formulas, | 4 | While most mathematic books deals with exact formulas, |
| 5 | Scilab uses algorithms which are specifically designed for | 5 | Scilab uses algorithms which are specifically designed for |
| 6 | computers. | 6 | computers. |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | The difficulty is generated by the fact that, while | 8 | The difficulty is generated by the fact that, while |
| 9 | the mathematics treat with \emph{real} numbers, the | 9 | the mathematics treat with \emph{real} numbers, the |
| 10 | computer deals with their \emph{floating point representations}. | 10 | computer deals with their \emph{floating point representations}. |
| 11 | This is the difference between the | ||
| 12 | \emph{naive}, mathematical, approach, and the \emph{numerical}, | ||
| 13 | floating-point aware, implementation. | ||
| 11 | 14 | ||
| 12 | In this article, we will show examples of these problems by | 15 | In this article, we will show examples of these problems by |
| 13 | using the following theoric and experimental approach. | 16 | using the following theoric and experimental approach. |
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