Oscar Cunningham on Nostr: nprofile1q…urlzs Suppose the largest representable number below 1 is 1 - ε. Then ...

nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqypkhut0ucgrcctzn0afhku34820uzqk82rrlkyrmsm57y9vy74nlwcurlzs (nprofile…rlzs) Suppose the largest representable number below 1 is 1 - ε. Then the Taylor expansion of √(1 - ε) is 1 - ε/2 - ε²/8 + …, which is closer to 1 - ε than it is to 1. So it's correctly rounding the correct result.