Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic

Author: Jean-Michel Muller - Nicolas Brisebarre - Florent de Dinechin - Claude-Pierre Jeannerod - Lefèvre Vincent - Guillaume Melquiond - Nathalie Revol - Damien Stehlé - Serge Torres - Damien - Lefevre - Vincent Lefèvre - Vincent; Revol - Nathalie; Torres - Serge; Muller - Jean-Michel; Brisebarre - Nicolas; De Dinechin - Florent; Jeannerod - Claude-Pierre; Vincent - Lefevre; Melquiond - Guillaume; Stehla(c)
ISBN 10: 081764704X
ISBN 13: 9780817647049
Edition: 2010
Release: 2009-12-01
Format: Hardcover (596 pages)
List Price: $129.00
Tags: Computers & Internet, Programming, Algorithms,
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Book Description:
Floating-point arithmetic is the most widely used way of implementing real-number arithmetic on modern computers. However, making such an arithmetic reliable and portable, yet fast, is a very difficult task. As a result, floating-point arithmetic is far from being exploited to its full potential. This handbook aims to provide a complete overview of modern floating-point arithmetic. So that the techniques presented can be put directly into practice in actual coding or design, they are illustrated, whenever possible, by a corresponding program. The handbook is designed for programmers of numerical applications, compiler designers, programmers of floating-point algorithms, designers of arithmetic operators, and more generally, students and researchers in numerical analysis who wish to better understand a tool used in their daily work and research.