math4610

Routine Name: LowerTriangleMatrix

Author: David Merkley

Language: Python

Description/Purpose: Calculates the relative error of approximating x with xapprox

Input: A number x and xapprox

Output: The relative error

Implementation/Code:

    def relerr(xexact, xapprox):
    output = abs(xexact - xapprox) / abs(xexact)
    return output