[SciPy-user] Origin of limits

[Nils Wagner]

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On Monday, Oct 6, 2003, at 15:00 America/New_York, Nils Wagner wrote: 
 
> I am interested in the origin of 
>>>> limits.double_epsilon 
> 2.22044604925e-16 
> 
> Please can someone explain this value. 
 
IIRC, double_epsilon is the smallest representable number by a double  
(64bit IEEE 754 floating point).  Python floats are of this type. 
 
-bob 
 
Are you aware of any reference (Journal, book, whatever) ?  
I need some more background information. 
 
Nils 
 
 
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