condition number
noun1
A number expressing the degree to which the output value of a given function can change for a small change in the input argument.
Numerical analysis
- A general theory of condition numbers was developed by Rice (1966). A problem is said to be well conditioned if the condition number is small and ill conditioned if the condition number is large.2020 March 19, Nick Higham, “What Is a Condition Number?”, in nhigham.com, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022:
- Related terms
- ill-conditioned