• DocumentCode
    1138415
  • Title

    Fast rounding in multiprecision floating-slash arithmetic

  • Author

    Scott, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. & Quantitative Methods, Nat. Inst. for Higher Educ., Dublin, Ireland
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    7/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1049
  • Lastpage
    1052
  • Abstract
    A computational algorithm is described which quickly rounds large fractions into a fixed-length multiprecision floating-slash representation, using single-precision operations where possible. An easily calculated criterion for terminating the rounding process is given
  • Keywords
    digital arithmetic; computational algorithm; fixed-length multiprecision; multiprecision floating-slash arithmetic; rounding process; single-precision operations; Abstract algebra; Algorithm design and analysis; Arithmetic; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Cryptography; Galois fields; Notice of Violation; Shift registers; Signal processing algorithms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/12.30856
  • Filename
    30856