Different inverse for almost equal matrices

this sounds like a fairly controlled level of error given how large your condition number is.

Put another way, think about this in terms of just regular numbers. If I have

x = 1e-10
y = 1e-10 + 1e-18

then

y - x = 1e-18

but

1/x - 1/y ≈ 99.9999

So just because the difference between two numbers is small, does not mean that the difference between their inverses is small.

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