Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic by Nicolas Brunie (English) Hardcover Book

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This handbook is a definitive guide to the effective use of modern floating-point arithmetic, which has considerably evolved, from the frequently inconsistent floating-point number systems of early computing to the recent IEEE 754-2008 standard.

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This handbook is a definitive guide to the effective use of modern floating-point arithmetic, which has considerably evolved, from the frequently inconsistent floating-point number systems of early computing to the recent IEEE 754-2008 standard. Most of computational mathematics depends on floating-point numbers, and understanding their various implementations will allow readers to develop programs specifically tailored for the standard's technical features. Algorithms for floating-point arithmetic are presented throughout the book and illustrated where possible by example programs which show how these techniques appear in actual coding and design.The volume itself breaks its core topic into four parts: the basic concepts and history of floating-point arithmetic; methods of analyzing floating-point algorithms and optimizing them; implementations of IEEE 754-2008 in hardware and software; and useful extensions to the standard floating-point system, such as interval arithmetic, double- and triple-word arithmetic, operations on complex numbers, and formal verification of floating-point algorithms. This new edition updates chapters to reflect recent changes to programming languages and compilers and the new prevalence of GPUs in recent years. The revisions also add material on fused multiply-add instruction, and methods of extending the floating-point precision. As supercomputing becomes more common, more numerical engineers will need to use number representation to account for trade-offs between various parameters, such as speed, accuracy, and energy consumption. The Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic is designed for students and researchers in numerical analysis, programmers of numerical algorithms, compiler designers, and designers of arithmetic operators. 

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This handbook is a definitive guide to the effective use of modern floating-point arithmetic, which has considerably evolved, from the frequently inconsistent floating-point number systems of early computing to the recent IEEE 754-2008 standard. Most of computational mathematics depends on floating-point numbers, and understanding their various implementations will allow readers to develop programs specifically tailored for the standard's technical features. Algorithms for floating-point arithmetic are presented throughout the book and illustrated where possible by example programs which show how these techniques appear in actual coding and design. The volume itself breaks its core topic into four parts: the basic concepts and history of floating-point arithmetic; methods of analyzing floating-point algorithms and optimizing them; implementations of IEEE 754-2008 in hardware and software; and useful extensions to the standard floating-point system, such as interval arithmetic, double- and triple-word arithmetic, operations on complex numbers, and formal verification of floating-point algorithms. This new edition updates chapters to reflect recent changes to programming languages and compilers and the new prevalence of GPUs in recent years. The revisions also add material on fused multiply-add instruction, and methods of extending the floating-point precision. As supercomputing becomes more common, more numerical engineers will need to use number representation to account for trade-offs between various parameters, such as speed, accuracy, and energy consumption. The Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic is designed for students and researchers in numerical analysis, programmers of numerical algorithms, compiler designers, and designers of arithmetic operators.

Author Biography

Jean-Michel Muller (coordinator), CNRS, Laboratoire LIP, AriC teamNicolas Brunie, KalrayFlorent de Dinechin, INSA Lyon, Laboratoire CITI, Socrate teamClaude-Pierre Jeannerod, Inria, Laboratoire LIP, AriC teamMioara Joldes, CNRS, LAAS, MAC teamVincent Lefèvre, Inria, Laboratoire LIP, AriC teamGuillaume Melquiond, Inria, Laboratoire LRI, Toccata teamNathalie Revol, Inria, Laboratoire LIP, AriC teamSerge Torres, ENS de Lyon, Laboratoire LIP, AriC team

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction, Basic Definitions, and Standards.- Introduction.- Definitions and Basic Notations.- Floating-Point Formats and Environment.- Part II: Cleverly Using Floating-Point Arithmetic.- Basic Properties and Algorithms.- Enhanced FP Sums, Dot Products, and Polynomial Values.- Languages and Compilers.- Part III: Implementing Floating-Point Operators.- Algorithms for the Basic Operations.- Hardware Implementation of Floating-Point Arithmetic.- Software Implementation of Floating-Point Arithmetic.- Evaluating Floating-Point Elementary Functions.- Part IV: Extensions.- Complex Numbers.- Interval Arithmetic.- Verifying Floating-Point Arithmetic.- Extending the Precision.- Appendix A: Number Theory Tools.- Appendix B: Previous Standards.- References.- Index.

Review

"The new edition of this book updates chapters to reflect recent changes to programming languages and compilers and the new prevalence of Graphic Processing Units in recent years. … In the Appendix, the reader will find an introduction to relevant number theory tools … . This book is designed for programmers of numerical applications … and more generally students and researchers in numerical analysis who wish to more accurately understand a tool that they manipulate on an everyday basis." (T. C. Mohan, zbMATH 1394.65001, 2018)

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"The new edition of this book updates chapters to reflect recent changes to programming languages and compilers and the new prevalence of Graphic Processing Units in recent years. ... In the Appendix, the reader will find an introduction to relevant number theory tools ... . This book is designed for programmers of numerical applications ... and more generally students and researchers in numerical analysis who wish to more accurately understand a tool that they manipulate on an everyday basis." (T. C. Mohan, zbMATH 1394.65001, 2018)

Feature

Provides a complete overview of a topic that is widely used to implement real-number arithmetic on modern computers, yet is far from being fully exploited to its full potential Techniques are illustrated, whenever possible, by a corresponding program, allowing the reader to put them directly into practice Develops smart and nontrivial algorithms for implementation of floating-point arithmetic in software For a broad audience of programmers of numerical applications, compiler designers, programmers of floating-point algorithms, designers of arithmetic operators; as well as students and researchers in numerical analysis

Details ISBN3319765256 Author Vincent Lefèvre Year 2018 Edition 2nd ISBN-10 3319765256 ISBN-13 9783319765259 Format Hardcover Place of Publication Basel Country of Publication Switzerland Replaces 9780817647049 Pages 627 Illustrations 5 Illustrations, color; 59 Illustrations, black and white; XXV, 627 p. 64 illus., 5 illus. in color. DEWEY 004.01513 Publication Date 2018-05-24 Publisher Birkhauser Verlag AG Imprint Birkhauser Verlag AG Language English Edition Description 2nd ed. 2018 Alternative 9783030095130 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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