AMATH 242/CS 371 Midterm Solutions
AMATH 242/CS 371 Midterm Solutions
Let a be a real number. Define two functions
f(x) = a2 − x2
a − x
;
g(x) = a3 − x3
a − x
on the domain fx 2 R n fagg, that is, the set of all real numbers except a.
(a) Using floating point arithmetic, why is it difficult to calculate the functions f and g...