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Types of Errors<br />

– Local truncation error:<br />

Error due to the use of truncated <strong>Taylor</strong> series<br />

to compute x(t+h) in one step.<br />

– Global Truncation error:<br />

Accumulated truncation over many steps.<br />

– Round off error:<br />

Error due to finite number of bits used in<br />

representation of numbers. This error could be<br />

accumulated and magnified in succeeding<br />

steps.<br />

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