Example: How many significant digits are correct in my answer?

In the previous post I showed you the theorem that tells us how many significant digits are correct in our numerical solution that is iterative in nature.  In this post, we illustrate this with an example.

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0 thoughts on “Example: How many significant digits are correct in my answer?”

  1. Hi! what is the name of theorem? The theorem name will be helpful but if you could also provide a derivation or a reference which derives this it would be even better, Thanks in advance!

  2. Hi! what is the name of theorem? The theorem name will be helpful but if you could also provide a derivation or a reference which derives this it would be even better, Thanks in advance!

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