errors_test


errors_test, a FORTRAN90 code which calls errors() to demonstrate how reasonable computations can produce numerical nonsense. This illustrates that the programmer must not assume that a numerical algorithm that seems reasonable will always produce correct and reliable results.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Related Programs and Data:

errors, a FORTRAN90 code which illustrates the failure of numerical algorithms;

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Last revised on 19 October 2019.