Mondo Math Libs

By Eric Olson
2003-08-22


Resources

Sun's Numerical Computation Guide has an extensive introduction to floating point, the IEEE-754 spec, and Sun's standard math libraries.

"What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating Point Arithmetic" is a 78-page article that contains more detail than you probably knew existed about floating point math.

Two ftp sites with numerous MPM libraries, papers, and related materials are:

• ftp://ftp.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/math/multiplePrecision/
• ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/bignum/

William Kahan is a professor at the University of Berkeley, and has several publications on his Web site related to floating point issues. (In particular, see his paper "How Java's Floating-Point Hurts Everyone Everywhere" for an interesting take on the subject.)

Tutorial Pages:
» A look at some of the math libraries for Linux
» Ground rules
» Binary vs. decimal
» Some contenders
» Java's BigInteger and BigDecimal
» Hints and tips
» Resources


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