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floating-point x
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Binary-to-decimal conversion with minimal number of digits
A number of algorithms with cute names are mentioned, might be interesting to look into. I think a bookmarked a page where the Russ Cox improved the proof of an algorithm described by Donald Knuth.Wed Mar 25 11:44:48 2026 - permalink -
https://research.swtch.com/fp-all, https://research.swtch.com/fp-knuth, https://research.swtch.com/fp, https://research.swtch.com/fp-proof- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_arithmetic#Binary-to-decimal_conversion_with_minimal_number_of_digits
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Float Exposed
On-line tool to show the representation of floating point numbers. Found on Philp Kaluđerčić's page https://wwwcip.cs.fau.de/~oj14ozun/links.htmlFri Aug 8 12:57:20 2025 - permalink -- https://float.exposed/0x400921fb54442d0f
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Sterbenz lemma - exact computation of floating-point differences
Mentioned on the MoHP forum https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-16122-post-154062.html#pid154062Mon Nov 25 11:17:16 2024 - permalink -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterbenz_lemma
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VAX floating point formats
Mon Jan 15 23:57:21 2024 - permalink -- https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nssdc/formats/VAXFloatingPoint.htm