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

[Jim Thomas]

Right. Also, should change “minimal” to “minimum”. So change to:

The result underflows if the magnitude of the mathematical result is nonzero and less than the minimum normal number in the type.

- Jim Thomas

> On Feb 22, 2018, at 12:07 PM, Fred J. Tydeman <tydeman at tybor.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:30:20 -0800 Jim Thomas wrote:
>> 
>> 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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