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A related question I've wondered is, can you rearrange the formulae to reduce precision loss, without having to actually use more bits of precision in the data
by Retr0id 3y ago
A related question I've wondered is, can you rearrange the formulae to reduce precision loss, without having to actually use more bits of precision in the data type?
- zokier 3y agoMandelbrot specifically, or computations in general? For the latter, absolutely yes. See Herbie for automated tool for doing it https://herbie.uwplse.org/ https://herbie.uwplse.org/
- Retr0id 3y agoThe former
- nimos 3y agoLong time since I looked at this but you might be interested in: https://mathr.co.uk/blog/2021-05-14_deep_zoom_theory_and_practice.html https://mathr.co.uk/blog/2021-05-14_deep_zoom_theory_and_pra... IIRC it is calculating a few points at high precision and then estimating the rest.