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Re: small correction to the Vienna Proposal



> From: Arnold Neumaier <Arnold.Neumaier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:15:10 +0100
> Subject: MidRad to/from InfSup (was: the "set paradigm" is harmful)
>
> I think the formula that should be in the standard is
>      set round up
>      m=l+0.5*(u-l);r=m-l


I'd prefer m = 0.5 * (l + u) rather than m = l + 0.5*(u - l) because of

1. Avoiding the loss of significance in performing u-l for narrow intervals
2. One less arithmetic operation.

Chenyi Hu