Re: Zero or not?

[Francesco Potorti`]

>Ok, that's a start. If I calculate the sum of N numbers, what is the  
>maximum 'offset' of the numerical result to mathematically correct  
>result?

Not a numerical expert, but the error magnitude should be bounded by
eps*sum(abs(x[1:N])).

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