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Machine epsilon
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| # "Machine epsilon gives an upper bound on the relative | |
| # error due to rounding in floating point arithmetic." | |
| # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_epsilon | |
| # ?.Machine | |
| .Machine$double.eps | |
| # [1] 2.220446e-16 | |
| # 2 ^ (-52) |
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