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Built-in Mathematica Symbol

Chop

Chop[expr]
replaces approximate real numbers in expr that are close to zero by the exact integer 0.

Chop[expr, delta] replaces numbers smaller in absolute magnitude than delta by 0.

Zero out elements that are very close to 0:

Drop small imaginary parts:

Convert from approximate zeros to exact zeros:

Test if two numbers are the same to a certain tolerance:

They are the same to the default tolerance of

They are not the same to the tolerance of

Eliminate very small terms before comparing with Equal:

They are not equal because a small number is not equal to zero:

Once the small terms are eliminated, equality holds:

A functional implementation of Chop:

Chop is much faster for large expressions: