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Desirable floating-point arithmetic and elementary functions for numerical computation
D. E. Hull
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Abstract
The purpose of this talk is to summarize proposed specifications for floating-point arithmetic and elementary functions. The topics considered are: the base of the number system, precision control, number representation, arithmetic operations, other basic operations, elementary functions, and exception handling. The possibility of doing with-out fixed-point arithmetic is also mentioned.
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