[Haskell-cafe] smallest double eps

[Tamas K Papp]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 09:26:27PM -0400, Lennart Augustsson wrote:

> As for using such an eps in a convergence test I'd be very careful.   
> How do you know that your iteration doesn't make the value bounce  
> back and forth with more than eps?

Hi Lennart,

Thanks for the answer, I will try it.

I am not using eps, but rather a value derived from eps by analyzing
the algorithm (eg eps^0.25).  Your answer will help me calculate that
directly.

Thanks,

Tamas