Re: Please listen to Ulrich here...
On 2013-08-24 12:49:46 -0700, G. William (Bill) Walster wrote:
> As far as I can tell the only time when a case can be made that EDP is
> essential for interval computations is when all interval inputs are
> degenerate and therefore infinitely precise.
Even in this case (and you want the tightest accuracy mode), EDP is
not essential. You just need a correctly rounded dot product.
> Otherwise, with interval bounds on the accuracy of typical measured
> data, I don't see the requirement for EDP. I continue to wait to see
> even one practical example thereof.
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