On 25 April 2016 at 15:35, Derek Klinge <schilke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Although I see the value of relative error, I am just as interested in
> absolute error (though admittedly they are directly related values).
I was referring to relative error because the relative error is the
same at each step making the calculation of the global error easier.
> Are there modules or libraries I can/should use to minimize rounding error
> and use very large values of N and get an accurate answer?
from decimal import Decimal, localcontext
def e(prec):
with localcontext() as ctx:
ctx.prec = 2*prec + 1
N = Decimal(10)**(prec)
eapprox = (1 + 1/N)**N
ctx.prec = prec
return +eapprox
print(e(50))
Alternatively you can just use Decimal(1).exp().
> How does the math
> module calculate the vale of e?
https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/tip/Include/pymath.h#l54
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