Abstract :
The author discusses IEEE floating point representation that stores numbers in what amounts to scientific notation. He considers the sign bit, the logarithm function, function approximations, errors and refinements
Keywords :
floating point arithmetic; function approximation; societies; IEEE floating point representation; errors; function approximations; logarithm function; refinements; scientific notation; sign bit; Assembly; Digital arithmetic; Engineering profession; Hardware; Personal communication networks; Programming profession; Testing; Text processing;
