Tag Archives: floating point tricks

Floating-point complexities

Posted on April 5, 2012 by brucedawson

Binary floating-point math is complex and subtle. I’ve collected here a few of my favorite oddball facts about IEEE floating-point math, based on the articles so far in my floating-point series. The focus in this list is on float but … Continue reading →

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Comparing Floating Point Numbers, 2012 Edition

Posted on February 25, 2012 by brucedawson

This post is a more carefully thought out and peer reviewed version of a floating-point comparison article I wrote many years ago. This one gives solid advice and some surprising observations about the tricky subject of comparing floating-point numbers. A … Continue reading →

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