ALGORITHM-722 - FUNCTIONS TO SUPPORT THE IEEE-STANDARD-FOR-BINARY-FLOATING-POINT-ARITHMETIC

Authors
CODY WJ COONEN JT
Citation
Wj. Cody et Jt. Coonen, ALGORITHM-722 - FUNCTIONS TO SUPPORT THE IEEE-STANDARD-FOR-BINARY-FLOATING-POINT-ARITHMETIC, ACM transactions on mathematical software, 19(4), 1993, pp. 443-451
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences",Mathematics
Journal title
ACM transactions on mathematical software → ACNP
ISSN journal
00983500
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
443 - 451
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-3500(1993)19:4<443:A-FTST>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This paper describes C programs for the support functions copysign(x,y ), logb(x), scalb(x,n), nextafter(x,y), finite(x), and isnan(x) recomm ended in the Appendix to the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point A rithmetic. In the case of logb, the modified definition given in the l ater IEEE Standard for Radix-Independent Floating-Point Arithmetic is followed. These programs should run without modification on most syste ms conforming to the binary standard.