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14 iterations
14 iterations
The error is approximately -1.201864649e-06</pre>
The error is approximately -1.201864649e-06</pre>

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(Using IEEE754 64 bit binary floating point, of course):

<syntaxhighlight lang=J> (,({:p)-~{&p)>:1 i.~1e_5>:|2 -/\p=. 1&(+%)^:a:1 NB. iterations and error
14 _1.20186e_6</syntaxhighlight>

In other words, wait for the series to converge (33 iterations - a few microseconds), check the pairwise differences and calculate the discrepency.


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