Section: Base Constants
eps
, which quantifies the relative machine precision
of floating point numbers (a machine specific quantity). The syntax
for eps
is:
y = eps
which returns eps
for double
precision values. For most
typical processors, this value is approximately 2^-52
, or 2.2204e-16.
eps
function,
and one of its numerical consequences.
--> eps ans = 2.2204e-16 --> 1.0+eps ans = 1.0000 --> quit