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Re: Floating Point Test Suite

From Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Floating Point Test Suite
Date 2015-11-12 00:23 +0100
Organization Good company
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Dne 11/11/2015 v 23:54 Fabian Russell napsal(a):
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:44:17 +0100, Poutnik wrote:
> 
>>
>> Rather,
>> the most important element of scientific computation
>> is estimation of input data errors,
>> knowledge of accuracy of used physical constants
>> and knowledge of rules of error propagation.
>>
> 
> Yes, but each of those factors is underlain by the floating
> point format.

rather on real and complex number abstraction.
> 
> Although error propagation is evaluated with pure mathematics,
> the implementation of the theory rests on FP.
> 
But not on FP implementation.

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.

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Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 17:58 +0000
  Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 23:44 +0100
    Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 22:54 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 00:23 +0100
  Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-11 23:16 +0000
    Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 23:48 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 00:32 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 07:52 +0100
        Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 21:13 +0000
          Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 21:46 +0000
            Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 22:27 +0000
              Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 23:06 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 23:40 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 00:12 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 00:24 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-13 06:10 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 18:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 20:03 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 20:40 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 20:51 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 21:10 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 21:29 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 19:35 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 03:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 20:34 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite "Bob Sutter" <invalid@exampl.com> - 2015-11-14 13:40 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 02:15 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 13:15 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 03:50 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 04:47 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 05:12 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 07:13 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-14 19:20 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-15 00:37 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-15 00:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-15 10:28 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 10:47 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-15 16:24 -0500
                Stevin "made the switching device noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-16 13:39 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-11-13 18:05 -0800

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