How accurate is atlc?
• Answer:The basic method by which atlc works is very accurate. Errors of less than 0.3% are typical, and largest error every recorded is under 1%. The problem is that achieving such accuracy is very time consuming. Few people need results more accurate than 1%, in which case the run-times should be only a few minutes at most. The accurary of the program atlc has not been properly evaluated for open-structures, such as twin-wire, where the fields theoretically extend to infinity. Initail results suggest atlc is not very accuate in such cases, but this has not been fully investigated.
