[Cfp-interest] AI about underflow and extraordinary roundoff error

Fred J. Tydeman tydeman at tybor.com
Thu Feb 22 12:07:15 PST 2018


On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:30:20 -0800 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>The result underflows if the magnitude of the mathematical result is less than the minimal normal number in the type.

Need to add "non-zero" in there someplace.


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