The end of error : unum computing /

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Author / Creator:Gustafson, John L., 1955- author.
Imprint:Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, [2015]
©2015
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC computational science series.
Chapman & Hall/CRC computational science series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11052454
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ISBN:9781482239874 (electronic bk.)
1482239876 (electronic bk.)
9781482239867
1482239868
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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505 0 |a Part 1. A new number format: the unum. Overview -- Building up to the unum format -- The "original sin" of computer arithmetic -- The complete unum format -- Hidden scratchpads and the three layers -- Information per bit -- Fixed-size unum storage -- Comparison operations -- Add/subtract and the unbiased rounding myth -- Multiplication and division -- Powers -- Other important unary operations -- Fused operations (single-use expressions) -- Trial runs: Unums face challenge calculations -- Part 2. A new way to solve: the ubox. The other kind of error -- Avoiding interval arithmetic pitfalls -- What does it mean to "solve" an equation? -- Permission to guess -- Pendulums done correctly -- The two-body problem (and beyond) -- Calculus considered evil: Discrete physics -- The end of error -- Glossary -- Appendix A. Glossary of unum functions -- Appendix B. Glossary of ubox functions -- Appendix C. Algorithm listings for Part 1 -- Appendix D. Algorithm listings for Part 2. 
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