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A brief introduction to interval arithmetic (buttondown.email)
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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

The three main and most relevant properties of interval arithmetic are:

  1. It's a pain in the arse.
  2. It makes you underestimate how much you should know about a system.
  3. In most cases you don't need it.