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  • $MachineEpsilon gives the smallest machine-precision number which can be added to 1.0 to give a result that is distinguishable from 1.0.
  • $MachineEpsilon is typically , where is the number of binary bits used in the internal representation of machine-precision floating-point numbers.
  • $MachineEpsilon measures the granularity of machine-precision numbers.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 3.1.6.
  • See also: $MachinePrecision, $MinMachineNumber, $MaxMachineNumber.
  • Related package: NumericalMath`ComputerArithmetic`.


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