Lecture 5: Floats and Approximation Methods
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana Bell

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An introduction to simple algorithms, float types, and approximation methods. Floating point numbers introduce challenges as they can't be represented in memory exactly. Approximation methods use these floating numbers.

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