curious ill conditioned numerical problem
- by aaa
hello.
somebody today showed me this curious ill conditioned problem (apparently pretty famous), which looks relatively simple
ƒ = (333.75 - a^2)b^6 + a^2 (11a^2 b^2 - 121b^4 - 2) + 5.5b^8 + a/(2^b)
where a = 77617 and b = 33096
can you determine correct answer?