Error analysis for polynomial evaluation
A. C. R. Newbery · Mathematics of Computation · 1974
A floating-point error analysis is given for the evaluation of a real polynomial at a real argument by Horner’s scheme. A computable error bound is derived. It is observed that when a polynomial has coefficients of constant sign or of strictly alternating sign, one cannot expect better accuracy by reformulating the problem in terms of Chebyshev polynomials.