Technical Considerations
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Technical Considerations
extreme negative underflows yield
Addition and subtraction produce
When rounding downward, with x finite,
The square root of
The sign of zero is important in complex arithmetic (Kahan 1987).
iMalc will convert any display of
Ranges
The following are the ranges for numbers and functions allowed by iMalc.
Range of numbers
Maximum positive
Minimum positive norm
Minimum positive denorm 4.9x10Ð324
Maximum negative denorm
Maximum negative norm
Minimum negative | |
Ranges of functions |
|
Operation | Result |
e x(+0) | +1 |
e x(Ð0) | +1 |
e x(NaN) | NaN |
e x(+°) | +° |
e x(а) | +0 |
ln(x) for x<0 | NaN |
ln(+1) | +0 |
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