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llukas on July 9, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Improving the fast inverse square root (2010)

Not really - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_stability

If your algorithm is not stable then even 64-bit won't help you.

Compare Euler vs Verlet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlet_integration

dnautics on July 9, 2018 [–]

You're making a different argument.

llukas on July 9, 2018 | [–]

Which problem that has stable algorithm would require 64-bit then?

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