Elementary Functions

Algorithms and Implementation
2. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8176-4372-0
Verlag: Birkhäuser

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1580 g

Second Edition of successful, well-reviewed Birkhauser book, which sold 866 copies in North America

Provides an up-to-date presentation by including new results, examples, and problems throughout the text

The second edition adds a chapter on multiple-precision arithmetic, and new algorithms invented since 1997

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muller, Jean-Michel

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Algorithmen & Datenstrukturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures.- List of tables.- Preface to the second edition.- Preface to the first edition.- Introduction.- Some basic things about computer arithmetic.- Part I. Algorithms based on polynomial approximation and/or table lookup, multiple-precision evaluation of functions.- Polynomial or rational approximations.- Table-based methods.- Multiple-precision evaluation of functions.- Part II. Shift-and-add algorithms.- Introduction to shift-and-add algorithms.- The CORDIC algorithm.- Some other shift-and-add algorithms.- Part III. Range reduction, final rounding and exceptions.- Range reduction.- Final rounding.- Miscellaneous.- Examples of implementation.- Bibliography.- Index