a a = 5 7 6 5 7 10 8 7 6 8 10 9 5 7 9 10 b b = 23 32 33 31 r=a*x-b r = 1.0e-04 * -0.14999999997656 -0.11000000000649 -0.08000000001118 -0.14999999997656 rr=norm(r, inf) rr = 1.499999999765578e-05 relr=rr/33 relr = 4.545454544744175e-07 x x = 0.99941700000000 1.00035000000000 1.00015000000000 0.99991000000000 x-1 ans = 1.0e-03 * -0.58300000000000 0.35000000000007 0.15000000000009 -0.09000000000003 rele=norm(x-1,inf) rele = 5.830000000000002e-04 k=4488 k = 4488 k*relr ans = 0.00203999999968 relr/k ans = 1.012801814782570e-10 diary off