DocumentCode :
3366286
Title :
Exact arithmetic using a variable-length P-ADIC representation
Author :
Horspool, R. Nigel ; Hehner, Eric C R
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
fYear :
1978
fDate :
25-27 Oct. 1978
Firstpage :
10
Lastpage :
14
Abstract :
The p-adic number system is introduced and developed into a form suitable for performing exact arithmetic in computers. The proposed representation has several desirable attributes: the four standard arithmetic operations have a simple consistent form, the programmer has the ability to choose the precise degree of accuracy in his calculations and the variable-length nature of the representation achieves compact encodings.
Keywords :
digital arithmetic; number theory; compact encodings; exact arithmetic operation; representation variable-length nature; variable-length P-ADIC representation; Accuracy; Approximation methods; Computer science; Computers; Educational institutions; Encoding; Materials;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Arithmetic (ARITH), 1978 IEEE 4th Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Santa Monica, CA
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ARITH.1978.6155779
Filename :
6155779
Link To Document :
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