ROUNDING AND NOTATION, NAMELY WHEN USING STIPULATIONS IN THE DEFINITION OF MEASUREMENT UNITS

F. Pavese

Abstract

This paper intends to tackle, in the context of measurement and the definition of measurement units, a problem well known in computing science, the inherent propagation and accumulation of rounding errors throughout the intermediate steps of numerical calculation, and some issues in notation, namely of integer numbers.

Keywords: rounding, stipulation, notation, SI units
Download: IMEKO-WC-2012-TC21-O17.pdf
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IMEKO TC: TC21 - Mathematical Tools for Measurements

Event details

Event: XX IMEKO World Congress
Place: Busan, REPUBLIC of KOREA
Time: 9 September 2012 - 12 September 2012
Website: http://imeko2012.kriss.re.kr

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