machineEpsilon.m File Reference

Algorithm 7.1: calculation of the machine epsilon. More...

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Functions
function	machineEpsilon ()
	Calculate the machine epsilon in single and double precision. More...

Detailed Description

Algorithm 7.1: calculation of the machine epsilon.

Implementation of algorithm 7.2 of [1]

Author

Michel Bierlaire

Date

Fri Mar 20 10:27:04 2015

Definition in file machineEpsilon.m.

Function Documentation

machineEpsilon()

function machineEpsilon

(

)

Calculate the machine epsilon in single and double precision.

Note

Tested with runMachineEpsilon.m

Returns

epss: single precision

epsd: double precision