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Logan Shaw
 
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Ryan wrote:

(Scott Dorsey) wrote in message ...


But for any other level changes that are NOT powers of two, there will be
some rounding error introduced with the multiplication,


Powers of two a 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc., yes?
Do you mean multiple of two?


Even multiple of two is not correct, although it's closer.

The set of integers is closed under the multiplication operator[1].
Therefore, any integer will do. (Although zero and negative
integers will tend to have OTHER negative effects.)

- Logan

[1] In other words, for all A and B in the set (of integers),
A*B is also in the set.