If I take pi, for example, and find a random number from 1 to 1000, then divide pi by that number. Then, multiply pi by that number.
Should that cause floating point error?
(and, what is acceptable error on a processor?)
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If I take pi, for example, and find a random number from 1 to 1000, then divide pi by that number. Then, multiply pi by that number.
Should that cause floating point error?
(and, what is acceptable error on a processor?)
Yes, that will almost certainly result in error (in the sense that the result will not be identical to the original value).
If you want to find the error, then what’s wrong (in this case) with
original - final?