9 Jun
2006
9 Jun
'06
8:08 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 06:02:54PM -0400, John Phillips wrote:
instead attempting to maximize numeric stability, and so choosing units that keep things as close to order 1 as possible. Then, since real world
Can you elaborate on this? In particular, an example of a simple problem that can be better conditioned by choosing the "right" units would interest me very much! (Assuming we can express numbers from about 1e-300 to 1e300). Regards -Gerhard -- Gerhard Wesp ZRH office voice: +41 (0)44 668 1878 ZRH office fax: +41 (0)44 200 1818 For the rest I claim that raw pointers must be abolished.