Accuracy and error analysis (was Re: [Maxima] primes)



Maybe an implementation of interval arithmetic would do the job,
with paranoid rounding to compensate for truncation errors. Then
evaluate numerical functions on interval inputs and give interval
answers.
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Ignorantly,
Allan Adler 
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