a. Use three-digit chopping arithmetic to compute the sum first by 1/1 + 1/4 + +

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a. Use three-digit chopping arithmetic to compute the sum
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first by 1/1 + 1/4 +· · ·+ 1/100 and then by 1/100 + 1/81+· · ·+ 1/1 . Which method is more accurate, and why?
b. Write an algorithm to sum the finite series

A. Use three-digit chopping arithmetic to compute the sumfirst by

in reverse order.

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Numerical Analysis

ISBN: 978-0538733519

9th edition

Authors: Richard L. Burden, J. Douglas Faires

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