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For floating point operations
Floating point = (mantissa, exponent)
X=(m
x
,e
x
)=m
x
*2
e
x
Y=(m
y
,e
y
)=m
y
*2
e
y
Floating point sum
X+Y=(m
x
*2
e
x
-e
y
+m
y
)*2
e
y
Floating point operations dominant in scientific applications!
Author:
Wolfgang Schreiner
Last modification: November 15, 1996
