Machine Epsilon – Question 4 of 5

In the previous blog posts, we answered

• Question 1 of 5 “What is machine epsilon?” and
• Question 2 of 5 “How do I find machine epsilon using MATLAB code?”
• Question 3 of 5:  How is machine epsilon related to the number of bits used to represent a floating point number?

Here we answer the next question.

Future post will answer this last question
Question 5 of 5: What is the proof that the absolute relative true error in representing a number on a machine is always less than the machine epsilon?

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