High-precision floating-point arithmetic in scientific computation

IEEE 64-bit floating-point arithmetic is sufficient for most scientific applications, but a rapidly growing body of scientific computing applications requires a higher level of numeric precision. Software packages have yielded interesting scientific results that suggest numeric precision in scientif...

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Published in:	Computing in science & engineering Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 54 - 61
Main Author:	Bailey, D.H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York IEEE 01.05.2005 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:	Algorithms Application software Arithmetic climate modeling Computation computational chemistry computational physics Data structures experimental mathematics Floating point arithmetic High level languages High performance computing high-precision arithmetic Mathematical models Mathematics Packaging Personal communication networks quantum theory Software algorithms Software packages Software performance
ISSN:	1521-9615, 1558-366X
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Abstract	IEEE 64-bit floating-point arithmetic is sufficient for most scientific applications, but a rapidly growing body of scientific computing applications requires a higher level of numeric precision. Software packages have yielded interesting scientific results that suggest numeric precision in scientific computations could be as important to program design as algorithms and data structures.
AbstractList	IEEE 64-bit floating-point arithmetic is sufficient for most scientific applications, but a rapidly growing body of scientific computing applications requires a higher level of numeric precision. Software packages have yielded interesting scientific results that suggest numeric precision in scientific computations could be as important to program design as algorithms and data structures.
Author	Bailey, D.H.
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