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On 7/11/2016 10:30 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/11/2016 1:56 PM, Eric Douglas wrote:
>>                   or apparently any values which use normal math.  In
>> grade school math we're taught .0002 + .0001 = .0003, so I'm not sure
>> how it adds up to .00030000000000000003.
>
> Floating point and math does not follow the same rules. Because
> something works in math then it does not necessarily work in
> floating point.

The discipline that covers this topic is "Numerical Analysis".

Which should be relevant for a wide area of fields like
Economics, Medicine, various natural sciences and
Computer Science.

Unfortunately is is rarely taught.

Arne