Numerical Stability - Error Growth

Error Growth

Suppose that Ei > 0 denotes an initial error and En represents the magnitude of an error after n subsequent operations. If En ∼  C∙n∙Ei, where C is a constant independent of n, then the growth of the error is said to be linear. If En ∼  Cn∙Ei, for some C > 1, then the growth of the error is called exponential.

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