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Kahan summation algorithm
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English
Etymology
The algorithm is attributed to Canadian mathematician William Kahan (born 1933).
Proper noun
en numerical analysis An algorithm that significantly reduces the numerical error in the total obtained by adding a sequence of finite-precision floating-point numbers, compared to the obvious approach, by tracking the accumulated small errors in a separate variable.
See also
en compensated summation
en eponyms