DocumentCode
1119002
Title
On the Floating Point Representation of Complex Numbers
Author
Yuen, C.K.
Author_Institution
Computer Center, Australian National University
Issue
8
fYear
1975
Firstpage
846
Lastpage
848
Abstract
It is shown that arithmetic operations are simplified if complex numbers are represented in an integrated form with real and imaginary parts sharing the same exponent. In the new representation, numbers with large magnitudes suffer increased rounding errors but errors for some other numbers decrease.
Keywords
Complex numbers, floating point, imaginary base, negative base, number representation, rounding errors.; Arithmetic; Computer errors; Roundoff errors; Streaming media; Complex numbers, floating point, imaginary base, negative base, number representation, rounding errors.;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-C.1975.224321
Filename
1672914
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