[R] solve() function freezes CLI in GNU R 3.6.3

[Rasmus Liland]

On 2020-05-13 13:13 -0700, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> In general, any time you deal with floating 
> point numbers having different magnitudes, 
> you risk pushing some low precision bits 
> out of the result. Simply changing the 
> sequence of calculations such as a literal 
> polynomial evaluation versus Horner's 
> method can obtain different results. Take a 
> course in Numerical Analysis to learn 
> more.
> 
> [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner%27s_method
> [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_analysis

Right, it seems fairly interesting.  I'll 
look into it at some point.

/JR

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