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  2. Numeric precision in Microsoft Excel - Wikipedia

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    Excel maintains 15 figures in its numbers, but they are not always accurate; mathematically, the bottom line should be the same as the top line, in 'fp-math' the step '1 + 1/9000' leads to a rounding up as the first bit of the 14 bit tail '10111000110010' of the mantissa falling off the table when adding 1 is a '1', this up-rounding is not undone when subtracting the 1 again, since there is no ...

  3. Divided differences - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, divided differences is an algorithm, historically used for computing tables of logarithms and trigonometric functions. [citation needed] Charles Babbage's difference engine, an early mechanical calculator, was designed to use this algorithm in its operation. [1] Divided differences is a recursive division process.

  4. Propagation of uncertainty - Wikipedia

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    Any non-linear differentiable function, (,), of two variables, and , can be expanded as + +. If we take the variance on both sides and use the formula [11] for the variance of a linear combination of variables ⁡ (+) = ⁡ + ⁡ + ⁡ (,), then we obtain | | + | | +, where is the standard deviation of the function , is the standard deviation of , is the standard deviation of and = is the ...

  5. Real-root isolation - Wikipedia

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    The method works as follows. For searching the roots in some interval, one changes first the variable for mapping the interval onto [0, 1] giving a new polynomial q(x). For searching the roots of q in [0, 1], one maps the interval [0, 1] onto [0, +∞]) by the change of variable +, giving a polynomial r(x).

  6. Vincent's theorem - Wikipedia

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    To isolate its positive roots, associate with p(x) the Möbius transformation M(x) = x and repeat the following steps while there are pairs {p(x), M(x)} to be processed. Use Descartes' rule of signs on p ( x ) to compute, if possible, (using the number var of sign variations in the sequence of its coefficients) the number of its roots inside ...

  7. Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition - Wikipedia

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    Using Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition one can distinguish between "change of mean" contribution (purple) and "change of effect" contribution. The Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition (/ ˈ b l aɪ n d ər w ɑː ˈ h ɑː k ɑː /) or Kitagawa decomposition, is a statistical method that explains the difference in the means of a dependent variable between two groups by decomposing the gap into within ...

  8. Separation of variables - Wikipedia

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    Separation of variables may be possible in some coordinate systems but not others, [2] and which coordinate systems allow for separation depends on the symmetry properties of the equation. [3] Below is an outline of an argument demonstrating the applicability of the method to certain linear equations, although the precise method may differ in ...

  9. Factor analysis - Wikipedia

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    The analysis will isolate the underlying factors that explain the data using a matrix of associations. [52] Factor analysis is an interdependence technique. The complete set of interdependent relationships is examined. There is no specification of dependent variables, independent variables, or causality.