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@ -1628,6 +1628,12 @@ results. There are a few good references that we recommend
for further reading, and for finding other important material
about computer arithmetic:
We include URLs for these references when we were given them, when
they are morally legitimate to recommend; we have omitted the URLs
that are paywalled or that require running nonfree JavaScript code in
order to function. We hope you can find morally legitimate sites
where you can access these works.
@c =====================================================================
@c Each bibliography item has a sort key, so the bibliography can be
@c sorted in emacs with M-x sort-paragraphs on the region with the items.
@ -1635,21 +1641,20 @@ about computer arithmetic:
@itemize @bullet
@c Paywalled.
@item @c sort-key: Abbott
Paul H. Abbott and 15 others, @cite{Architecture and software support
in IBM S/390 Parallel Enterprise Servers for IEEE Floating-Point
arithmetic}, IBM Journal of Research and Development @b{43}(5/6)
723--760 (1999),
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1147/rd.435.0723}. This article gives
a good description of IBM's algorithm for exact decimal-to-binary
conversion, complementing earlier ones by Clinger and others.
723--760 (1999), This article gives a good description of IBM's
algorithm for exact decimal-to-binary conversion, complementing
earlier ones by Clinger and others.
@c Paywalled.
@item @c sort-key: Beebe
Nelson H. F. Beebe, @cite{The Mathematical-Function Computation Handbook:
Programming Using the MathCW Portable Software Library},
Springer (2017), ISBN 3-319-64109-3 (hardcover), 3-319-64110-7 (e-book)
(xxxvi + 1114 pages),
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64110-2}.
Springer (2017).
This book describes portable implementations of a large superset
of the mathematical functions available in many programming
languages, extended to a future 256-bit format (70 decimal
@ -1658,21 +1663,23 @@ a substantial portion of the functions described in the famous
@cite{NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions}, Cambridge (2018),
ISBN 0-521-19225-0.
See
@uref{https://www.math.utah.edu/pub/mathcw}
@uref{https://www.math.utah.edu/pub/mathcw/}
for compilers and libraries.
@c URL ok
@item @c sort-key: Clinger-1990
William D. Clinger, @cite{How to Read Floating Point Numbers
Accurately}, ACM SIGPLAN Notices @b{25}(6) 92--101 (June 1990),
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1145/93548.93557}.
See also the papers by Steele & White.
@item @c sort-key: Clinger-2004
William D. Clinger, @cite{Retrospective: How to read floating
point numbers accurately}, ACM SIGPLAN Notices @b{39}(4) 360--371 (April 2004),
@uref{https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/989393.989430}. Reprint of 1990 paper,
with additional commentary.
@c Paywalled.
@c @item @c sort-key: Clinger-2004
@c William D. Clinger, @cite{Retrospective: How to read floating
@c point numbers accurately}, ACM SIGPLAN Notices @b{39}(4) 360--371 (April 2004),
@c Reprint of 1990 paper, with additional commentary.
@c URL ok
@item @c sort-key: Goldberg-1967
I. Bennett Goldberg, @cite{27 Bits Are Not Enough For 8-Digit Accuracy},
Communications of the ACM @b{10}(2) 105--106 (February 1967),
@ -1681,6 +1688,7 @@ and its companions by David Matula, address the base-conversion
problem, and show that the naive formulas are wrong by one or
two digits.
@c URL ok
@item @c sort-key: Goldberg-1991
David Goldberg, @cite{What Every Computer Scientist Should Know
About Floating-Point Arithmetic}, ACM Computing Surveys @b{23}(1)
@ -1690,6 +1698,7 @@ This paper has been widely distributed, and reissued in vendor
programming-language documentation. It is well worth reading,
and then rereading from time to time.
@c ??? site does not respond, 20 Sep 2022
@item @c sort-key: Juffa
Norbert Juffa and Nelson H. F. Beebe, @cite{A Bibliography of
Publications on Floating-Point Arithmetic},
@ -1706,6 +1715,7 @@ Abbott, Clinger, and Steele & White papers cited earlier contain
pointers to several other important related papers on the
base-conversion problem.
@c URL ok
@item @c sort-key: Kahan
William Kahan, @cite{Branch Cuts for Complex Elementary Functions, or
Much Ado About Nothing's Sign Bit}, (1987),
@ -1724,18 +1734,19 @@ University of California, Berkeley, have gone on to careers in
academic and industry, spreading the knowledge of how to do
floating-point arithmetic right.
@c paywalled
@item @c sort-key: Knuth
Donald E. Knuth, @cite{A Simple Program Whose Proof Isn't},
in @cite{Beauty is our business: a birthday salute to Edsger
W. Dijkstra}, W. H. J. Feijen, A. J. M. van Gasteren,
D. Gries, and J. Misra (eds.), Springer (1990), ISBN
1-4612-8792-8,
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4476-9}. This book
1-4612-8792-8, This book
chapter supplies a correctness proof of the decimal to
binary, and binary to decimal, conversions in fixed-point
arithmetic in the TeX typesetting system. The proof evaded
its author for a dozen years.
@c URL ok
@item @c sort-key: Matula-1968a
David W. Matula, @cite{In-and-out conversions},
Communications of the ACM @b{11}(1) 57--50 (January 1968),
@ -1747,38 +1758,39 @@ Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society @b{19}(3)
716--723 (June 1968). See also other papers here by this author,
and by I. Bennett Goldberg.
@c page is blank without running JS.
@item @c sort-key: Matula-1970
David W. Matula, @cite{A Formalization of Floating-Point Numeric
Base Conversion}, IEEE Transactions on Computers @b{C-19}(8)
681--692 (August 1970),
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1109/T-C.1970.223017}.
@c page is blank without running JS.
@item @c sort-key: Muller-2010
Jean-Michel Muller and eight others, @cite{Handbook of
Floating-Point Arithmetic}, Birkh@"auser-Boston (2010), ISBN
0-8176-4704-X (xxiii + 572 pages),
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4704-9}. This is a
0-8176-4704-X (xxiii + 572 pages). This is a
comprehensive treatise from a French team who are among the
world's greatest experts in floating-point arithmetic, and among
the most prolific writers of research papers in that field. They
have much to teach, and their book deserves a place on the
shelves of every serious numerical programmer.
@c paywalled
@item @c sort-key: Muller-2018
Jean-Michel Muller and eight others, @cite{Handbook of
Floating-Point Arithmetic}, Second edition, Birkh@"auser-Boston (2018), ISBN
3-319-76525-6 (xxv + 627 pages),
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76526-6}. This is a new
3-319-76525-6 (xxv + 627 pages). This is a new
edition of the preceding entry.
@c URL given is obsolete
@item @c sort-key: Overton
Michael Overton, @cite{Numerical Computing with IEEE Floating
Point Arithmetic, Including One Theorem, One Rule of Thumb, and
One Hundred and One Exercises}, SIAM (2001), ISBN 0-89871-482-6
(xiv + 104 pages),
@uref{https://www.ec-securehost.com/SIAM/ot76.html}.
This is a small volume that can be covered in a few hours.
@c URL ok
@item @c sort-key: Steele-1990
Guy L. Steele Jr. and Jon L. White, @cite{How to Print
Floating-Point Numbers Accurately}, ACM SIGPLAN Notices
@ -1786,11 +1798,11 @@ Floating-Point Numbers Accurately}, ACM SIGPLAN Notices
@uref{https://doi.org/10.1145/93548.93559}.
See also the papers by Clinger.
@c paywalled
@item @c sort-key: Steele-2004
Guy L. Steele Jr. and Jon L. White, @cite{Retrospective: How to
Print Floating-Point Numbers Accurately}, ACM SIGPLAN Notices
@b{39}(4) 372--389 (April 2004),
@uref{https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/989393.989431}. Reprint of 1990
@b{39}(4) 372--389 (April 2004), Reprint of 1990
paper, with additional commentary.
@item @c sort-key: Sterbenz