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relative tolerance is not always enough, especially near 0. This classic article gives a nice overview of absolute, relative, ulp-based and other methods for comparison of float numbers: https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-float...


> especially near 0

Yes, these are denormalised numbers. They aren't as well behaved.




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