The Distribution of Leading Significant Digits

DOI10.1093/imanum/2.4.407zbMath0503.65029OpenAlexW1970974200MaRDI QIDQ3969784

Peter R. Turner

Publication date: 1982

Published in: IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/imanum/2.4.407

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian eliminationarithmetic operationsdistribution of leading significant digitsinvariance to scaling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Roundoff error (65G50) Direct numerical methods for linear systems and matrix inversion (65F05)

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