From: toadastronomer@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, June 21, 2021 at 5:48:17 AM UTC-4, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   > mark horn  schrieb:   
   > > [[Mod. note -- I think "floating-point rounding errors" is the phrase   
   > > you're looking for. If v/c is very close to 1, then the formula for   
   > > gamma tends to be very sensitive to rounding errors, causing the sorts   
   > > of anomolous behavior you noticed.   
   > I would suggest that everybody who does floating-point calculations   
   > should read the famous "Goldberg paper", "What Every Computer   
   > Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic" available   
   > from https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html   
   > (it is not absolutely necessary to follow the proofs as a user).   
      
   Thomas -   
      
   Thank you.  Excellent reference to have, as I plod forward with the machine on   
   my back.   
      
   Best, m   
      
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