1. Computer arithmetic
1.1 Normalized floating point
Let a be a real number. It can always be written in the form :
with :
- q :
- relative integer
- a1, a 2 ... a i :
- decimal digits of a with a11 0.
We then say that a is written in normalized floating point. In general, the mantissea1 a2 a3 ... of a has an infinite number of digits (we say: digits or bits).
In a computer, each number is placed in a word. A...
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