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An approximation error can occur for a variety of reasons, among them a computing [[machine precision]] or [[measurement error]] (e.g. the length of a piece of paper is 4.53 cm but the ruler only allows you to estimate it to the nearest 0.1 cm, so you measure it as 4.5 cm).
In the [[mathematics|mathematical]] field of [[numerical analysis]], the [[numerical stability]] of an [[algorithm]] indicates
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