A function that sets the values such that, in dae functions, 
             values less than it are considered to be zero. The values are stored 
             in a vector named daeTolerance in the daeEnv 
             environment. The vector is of length two and, initially, both 
             values are set to .Machine$double.eps ^ 0.5 (about 1.5E-08). 
             One value is named element.tol and is used for elements of 
             matrices; the second is named element.eigen and is used for 
             eigenvalues and quantities based on them, such as efficiency factors.