Title :
A new range reduction algorithm
Author :
Defour, David ; Kornerup, Peter ; Muller, Jean-Michel ; Revol, Nathalie
Author_Institution :
ARENAIRE, ENS Lyon, France
Abstract :
Range reduction is a key point for getting accurate elementary function routines. We introduce a new algorithm that is fast for input arguments belonging to the most common domains, yet accurate over the full double precision range.
Keywords :
floating point arithmetic; function evaluation; accurate elementary function routines; double precision floating point operations; double precision range; range reduction algorithm; table-based algorithm; Arithmetic; Computer science; Convergence; Design methodology; Mathematics; Performance evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers, 2001. Conference Record of the Thirty-Fifth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7147-X
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.2001.987766
