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A feasibility analysis of binary fixed-slash and floating-slash number systems

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Design and analysis of finite precision rational number systems based on fixed-slash and floating-Slash representation is pursued, and the concept of adaptive variable precision in the rounding is developed.
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Design and analysis of finite precision rational number systems based on fixed-slash and floating-slash representation is pursued. Natural formats for binary fixed-slash and binary floating-slash number representation in computer words are described. Compatibility with standard integer representation is obtained. Redundancy in the' representation is shown to be minimal. Arithmetic register requirements are considered. Worst case and average case rounding errors are determined, and the concept of adaptive variable precision in the rounding is developed.

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Finite Precision Rational Arithmetic: Slash Number Systems

TL;DR: Multitiered precision hierarchies of both the fixed-Slash and floating-slash type are described and analyzed with regards to their support of both exact rational and approximate real computation.
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Foundations of Finite Precision Rational Arithmetic

TL;DR: The overall goal is to better understand the inherent mathematical properties of finite precision arithmetic and to provide a most natural and convenient computation system for approximating real arithmetic on a Computer.
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Arithmetic in Basic Algebraic Domains

TL;DR: This chapter is devoted to the arithmetic Operations, essentially addition, multiplication, exponentiation, division, gcd calculation and evaluation, on the basic algebraic domains.
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An approximate rational arithmetic system with intrinsic recovery of simple fractions during expression evaluation

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