floating-point arithmetic

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arithmetic
noun[U]
uk
/əˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk/us
/əˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk/
the part of mathematics that involves the adding and multiplying, etc. ...
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We can consider both symbolic and exact implementations, and implementations in traditionalfloating-pointarithmeticwith various levels of precision.
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Both the eigenvalues computed by our algorithm (in standard double-precisionfloating-pointarithmetic), and by a conventional algorithm are shown.
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The vast majority of geometric computations in solid modeling are per formed infloating-pointarithmetic.
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Thirdly, single-precisionfloating-pointarithmeticoperations are often significantly faster than the corresponding double-precision operations.
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Floating-pointarithmeticused is either single- or double-precision.
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This motivates the study and application of numerical methods for approximating integrals, which today usefloating-pointarithmeticon digital electronic computers.
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This method would produce an "exact" table in exact arithmetic, but has errors in finite-precisionfloating-pointarithmetic.
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Forfloating-pointarithmetic, the mantissa was restricted to a hundred digits or fewer, and the exponent was restricted to two digits only.
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Early 8-bit and 16-bit processors used software to carry outfloating-pointarithmeticoperations.
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Coprocessors forfloating-pointarithmeticfirst appeared in desktop computers in the 1970s and became common throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s.
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Small errors infloating-pointarithmeticcan grow when mathematical algorithms perform operations an enormous number of times.
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That is, digitalfloating-pointarithmeticis generally not associative or distributive.
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The term auto-point referred to the ability to automatically adjust the decimal point infloating-pointarithmetic.
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This was an option for users who needed extensivefloating-pointarithmetic, such as users of computer-aided drafting.
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It had a six-stage pipeline, built-in memory management unit andfloating-pointarithmetic.
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In that architecture, the coprocessor sped upfloating-pointarithmeticon the order of fiftyfold.
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Contrary tofloating-pointarithmetic, in a logarithmic number system multiplication, division and exponentiation are easy to implement but addition and subtraction are difficult.
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In fact, most scientific computation usesfloating-pointarithmetic.
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One of the available features is pure fixed-point arithmetic to avoid rounding errors which would arise withfloating-pointarithmetic.
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