Type I unums

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf number format
gptkbp:alternativeTo gptkb:IEEE_754_floating-point
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Type_II_unums
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:The_End_of_Error:_Unum_Computing
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:John_L._Gustafson
gptkbp:feature dynamic precision
environment-dependent maximum size
error-free computation within representable range
exact representation of intervals
exact representation of real numbers within range
lossless arithmetic within bounds
no NaN representation
no infinity representation
no subnormal numbers
self-descriptive bit fields
support for open and closed intervals
ubound and sbit for interval endpoints
variable-width storage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Type I unums
gptkbp:introducedIn 2015
gptkbp:usedFor floating-point arithmetic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:unums_(universal_numbers)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7