% Instability without Cancelation % % calculate y=\sqrt{\sqrt{ .... \sqrt{x}} ... }} (60 imbeddings) % and then, x=(( ... (y^2)^2) ... )^2)^2 % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % format long x=10 % First calculate this: for i=1:60 x=sqrt(x); end % (the result is \sqrt{\sqrt{ .... \sqrt{x}} ... }} (60 imbeddings) x % then do the inverse calculation: for i=1:60 x=x*x; end % (the result is (( ... (x^2)^2) ... )^2)^2) x % why are we getting some thing different from original x?