My code is actually wrong.... but I still have the problem I've identified that sqrt is leading to precision errors. Sorry about the earlier mistake.
Adam
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Adam Ginsburg adam.ginsburg@colorado.edu wrote:
sqrt(float64(1.034324523462345)) # 1.0170174646791199 f=lambda x: x**2-float64(1.034324523462345)**2
should be f=lambda x: x**2-float64(1.034324523462345)
so the code I sent was not a legitimate test.