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--- pdclib:floatingpoint [2019/10/18 14:37]
solar [Fixed Point Fraction Output]
+++ pdclib:floatingpoint [2019/10/21 10:13] (current)
solar [Floating-Point Printout]
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     * Fractional part <m>0.835</m> is larger than mask <m>0.15625</m>, and smaller than <m>1 - 0.15625 = 0.84375</m>, so <m>6</m> is our first (fractional) digit, and the loop continues
   * Second (<m>k = 2</m>) loop
-    * multiply <m>R = 0.835</m> by <m>B = 10</m> for integral part <m>8</m>, fractional part <m>0.35<m>
+    * multiply <m>R = 0.835</m> by <m>B = 10</m> for integral part <m>8</m>, fractional part <m>0.35</m>
-    * multiply <m>M = 0.15625<m> by <m>B = 10</m> for new <m>M = 1.5625</m>
+    * multiply <m>M = 0.15625</m> by <m>B = 10</m> for new <m>M = 1.5625</m>
     * Fractional part <m>.35</m> is smaller than mask <m>1.5625</m>, and not smaller than <m>1 - 1.5625 = -0.5625</m>, so the loop terminates
   * Post-loop
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 Algorithm (Dragon2):
-   * Compute <m>v prime = v * B ^ {-x}</m>, where <m>x</m> is chosen so that the result either is between 1 / //B// and 1, or between 1 and //B//
+   * Compute <m>v prime = v * B ^ {-x}</m>, where <m>x</m> is chosen so that the result either is between 1 / //B// and 1, or between 1 and //B// (normalization, either with leading zero or leading non-zero digit)
    * Print the integer part of <m>v prime</m>
    * Print a decimal point

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