Maple worksheets on floating-point arithmetic and errors

 

Numerical methods topics:


The following Maple worksheets can be downloaded.

They are all compatible with Classic Worksheet Maple 10.

Error graph

Maple's floating-point arithmetic - float.mws

Errors in computer floating point arithmetic - errors.mws

Graphical illustration of the accumulation of rounding errors - errors2.mws

Subtraction round-off errors - errors3.mws

Taylor series - taylor.mws

Taylor series approximations for the exponential function - expsrs.mws

EVALUATION OF

USING HARDWARE FLOATING POINT ARITHMETIC

Graph of f(x)=ln(1-x)/x for x near 0

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