Hello, I have a question about whether there is a way around the following problem. If I take different linear combinations of the same vector I should get the same vector as a result. However, applying the linear combination adds some almost-0 error which then implies that the two are not the same…

it’s expected, it’s Float number precision, you should use \approx

Machine Precision ... and 0 in Julia

rdeits July 9, 2020, 4:59am 3

For a nice write-up of this, see PSA: floating-point arithmetic

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