Myth: Error caused by chopping a number is called truncation error

Round off error is the error caused by approximate representation of numbers.
When people talk about round off error, it is the error between the number and its representation. For example 200/3 would be represented as 66.6667 in a six significant digit computer that rounds off the last digit. The last digit has been [...]

Undergraduate Numerical Methods for Engineering

I am starting this blog to help UNDERGRADUATES with their queries on Numerical Methods for Engineers. I have been teaching Numerical Methods for the last 20 years and I get interesting queries and questions while I am teach, when students come to see me during my office hours, or the email sent at midnight [...]