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Truncation Error, Cont'd
TE exists even on "perfect" machine with no RE.
TE is under programmer's control; much effort goes into reducing it.
Usually RE and TE do not interact.
Sometimes TE can amplify RE until it swamps calculation. Solution is then called unstable.
- e.g. Integer powers of Golden Mean (Cf. PS#2).
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