Exercise 2.16. Explain, in general, why equivalent algebraic expressions may lead to different answers. Can you devise an interval-arithmetic package that does not have this shortcoming, or is this task impossible? (Warning: This problem is very difficult.)
区间算术和普通算术本质上不同,符合的运算定律也不同(比如A/A不等于1,或者不满足结合律等等),所以对于普通算术来说等价的表达式,在区间算术时根本不等价,当然计算得出的结果也不同。
如果是要开发一种区间算术程序,使其在普通算术中等价的表达式上也得到相同的结果,初步考虑,不太可能。