Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic

by Jean-Michel Muller, Serge Torres, Nathalie Revol

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.

Genres: Computer Science, Mathematics, Programming

572 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 2009

Reviews

[Nick Black]

ooooh this one looks quite exciting indeed!