3 ms·
Relative tolerance becomes problematic though if your numbers are very close to zero. (https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-num
by okl 5y ago
Relative tolerance becomes problematic though if your numbers are very close to zero. (https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/ https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-float...)
- adgjlsfhk1 5y agoWhich is why it also lets you specify an absolute tolerance. That's not done by default because there isn't a good way to choose one (unlike with relative tolerance).
- longemen3000 5y agoyes, it is a common problem, it is acknowledged in the function's documentation: https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/math/#Base.isapprox https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/math/#Base.isapprox