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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299233203321

Autore

Kneusel Ronald T

Titolo

Numbers and Computers / / by Ronald T. Kneusel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-17260-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

004

005.1

518

519

Soggetti

Computer arithmetic and logic units

Software engineering

Computer science - Mathematics

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Arithmetic and Logic Structures

Software Engineering

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Mathematical and Computational Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Number Systems -- Integers -- Floating Point -- Big Integers and Rational Arithmetic -- Fixed-Point Numbers -- Decimal Floating Point -- Interval Arithmetic.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book about numbers and how those numbers are represented in and operated on by computers. It is crucial that developers understand this area because the numerical operations allowed by computers, and the limitations of those operations, especially in the area of floating point math, affect virtually everything people try to do with computers. This book aims to fill this gap by exploring, in sufficient but not overwhelming detail, just what it is that computers do with numbers. Divided into two parts, the first deals with standard



representations of integers and floating point numbers, while the second details several other number representations. Each chapter ends with exercises to review the key points. Topics covered include interval arithmetic, fixed-point numbers, floating point numbers, big integers and rational arithmetic. This book is for anyone who develops software including software engineerings, scientists, computer science students, engineering students and anyone who programs for fun.