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ROUNDING AND NOTATION, NAMELY WHEN USING STIPULATIONS IN THE DEFINITION OF MEASUREMENT UNITS

F. Pavese
  • Abstract:
    This paper intends to tackle, in the context of measurement and the definition of measurement units, a problem well known in computing science, the inherent propagation and accumulation of rounding errors throughout the intermediate steps of numerical calculation, and some issues in notation, namely of integer numbers.
  • Keywords:
    rounding, stipulation, notation, SI units
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  • DOI:
    _unreg_wc-2012.TC21-O17

Event details:

  • IMEKO TC:
  • Event name:
    XX IMEKO World Congress
  • Title:

    Metrology for Green Growth

  • Place:
    Busan, REPUBLIC of KOREA
  • Time:
    09 September 2012 - 12 September 2012