Support for and propagation of a physical quantity's precision/error
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Darren Dale
In general, physical quantities have three important properties: a magnitude, dimensionality, and precision. quantities should be able to specify the precision or measurement error, and propagate such information appropriately during arithmetic operations.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Darren Dale
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Darren Dale
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
- Good progress
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Darren Dale
- Completed by
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many ndarray methods will need to be implemented, and the UncertainQuantity object needs more thorough testing, but the basic functionality is in place.
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