For the range 0 to 1, then epsilon will always be greater than the error (as it would only scale smaller), but of course you are correct in that it should be scaled both up and down for a normalized solution.

You are also right about needing to apply it to each subtraction operation.

I don't agree with the bit around it being in the wrong direction if the step happens to be just under the desired ideal value. Print rounds down. If the float is +/- epsilon from ideal, then adding an epsiol brings it into range of 0 to +2 epsilon from ideal, which will round down to ideal. It doesn't matter if you started +ve or -ve from ideal.

In reply to Re^3: what did I just see..? by sectokia
in thread what did I just see..? by ishaybas

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