[Numpy-discussion] numpy and roundoff(?)

[Christopher Barker]

Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
> And yes, in
> my case the cummulative differences leaded to different iteration
> counts in a matrix-free Newton-Krylov method. Of course, the final
> answer was as as accurate as the tolerances for the nonlinear solver.

OK, so significant differences in iteration counts, but not in the final 
answer -- that makes me feel better!

-Chris

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