An unfortunate reality of trying to represent continuous real numbers in a fixed space (e.g. with a limited number of bits) is that this comes with an inevitable loss of both precision and accuracy.

Does it make sense to use floating point division to replace simpler division? According to [Wojciech Mula] in a recent post, the answer is yes. The plan is simple: cast the 8-bit numbers into 32 ...

For those interested in working with linear algebra with numerical tools - i.e. floating point numerical ... (not float point numbers) you'll be interested in using the SymPy package. (Sym = Symbolic) ...