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Fast Rounding in Multiprecision Floating-Slash Arithmetic
July 1989 (vol. 38 no. 7)
pp. 1049-1052
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M. Scott, "Fast Rounding in Multiprecision Floating-Slash Arithmetic," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 1049-1052, July, 1989.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/12.30856,
author = {M. Scott},
title = {Fast Rounding in Multiprecision Floating-Slash Arithmetic},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {38},
number = {7},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {1989},
pages = {1049-1052},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.30856},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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KW - multiprecision floating-slash arithmetic; computational algorithm; fixed-length multiprecision; single-precision operations; rounding process; digital arithmetic.
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A computational algorithm is described which quickly rounds large fractions into a fixed-length multiprecision floating-slash representation, using single-precision operations where possible. An easily calculated criterion for terminating the rounding process is given.

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Index Terms:
multiprecision floating-slash arithmetic; computational algorithm; fixed-length multiprecision; single-precision operations; rounding process; digital arithmetic.
Citation:
M. Scott, "Fast Rounding in Multiprecision Floating-Slash Arithmetic," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 1049-1052, July 1989, doi:10.1109/12.30856
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