Heterogeneous Machine Precision

• Return the maximum relative machine precision over all the processors

• LAPACK --> DLAMCH

• ScaLAPACK --> PDLAMCH

• Note that even on IEEE machines, the machine precision can vary slightly. For double precision: e = 2**-53 + q where, q=2**-105 or q=2**-64 + 2**-105.

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