# NOT RUN {
kappa(x1 <- cbind(1, 1:10)) # 15.71
kappa(x1, exact = TRUE) # 13.68
kappa(x2 <- cbind(x1, 2:11)) # high! [x2 is singular!]
hilbert <- function(n) { i <- 1:n; 1 / outer(i - 1, i, "+") }
sv9 <- svd(h9 <- hilbert(9))$ d
kappa(h9) # pretty high!
kappa(h9, exact = TRUE) == max(sv9) / min(sv9)
kappa(h9, exact = TRUE) / kappa(h9) # 0.677 (i.e., rel.error = 32%)
# }
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