From: benjohn@...
Date: 2006-11-10T18:01:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple Math Problem

Jupp:
> Visit an introduction to Numerical Mathematics at your favorite
> university. Numerical imprecision and the stability of algorithms
> against it is one of the most prominent questions addressed there.
> Also they address the question how precise a result of a computation
> can be given a certain imprecision of input that either results from
> the computer's approximation to a given value (decimal 0.1 cannot be
> represented as a binary fraction with a finite number of digits) or
> from imprecisely known values - which includes any measured quantity
> occuring in natural science (actually all quantities that are not
> defined by law as it is the case with vacuum light speed that by law
> is defined to be precisely 299792458 m/s).

It's jolly decent of light to be so obliging about the speed it travels
at. I count myself very lucky to live in a universe where it takes on an
integer speed.

;)