Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement I (Encyclopaedia of Mathematics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 590
ISBN-13: 9780792347095
Subjects: Mathematics (General); Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Reference; Mathematics / General; General; Encyclopedias
First sentence: Three sources of errors are behind the lack of accuracy in numerical computations: data errors associated with the physical model, truncation errors when series are truncated to a number of terms, and rounding errors resulting from finite machine precision.