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Raul Miller - Precision

The Array Cast

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The JPL and the Hilbert Matrix

NASA doesn't have a floating point accuracy problem. They have the n body problem in spades. But they can simulation different from real world. If you're simulating anything that you've measured, then the measurement error is the dominating factor. There's a precision in mathematics in certain number theory areas where this becomes really important.

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