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Accession Number:
ADA636844
Title:
Reciproot Algorithm -- Correctly Rounded?
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Corporate Author:
CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
Report Date:
1992-09-06
Pagination or Media Count:
14.0
Abstract:
This note attempts to give a detailed error analysis of Reciproot Algorithm proposed by Kahan and Ng in 1986. It is showed that the algorithm yields a correctly rounded square root under all rounding modes.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE