Machine Arithmetic and Related Matters

Walter Gautschi ()
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Walter Gautschi: Purdue University, Department of Computer Sciences

Chapter Chapter 1 in Numerical Analysis, 2012, pp 1-54 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The questions addressed in this introductory chapter are fundamental in the sense that they are relevant in any situation that involves numerical machine computation, regardless of the kind of problem that gave rise to these computations. In the first place, one has to be aware of the rather primitive type of number system available on computers.

Keywords: Condition Number; Arithmetic Operation; Number System; Machine Precision; Related Matter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-8259-0_1

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