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Why and How to Use Arbitrary Precision

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Although double precision is usually enough, arbitrary precision increases accuracy and the reproducibility of floating-point computations.

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inria-00543927 , version 1 (06-12-2010)

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Kaveh R. Ghazi, Vincent Lefèvre, Philippe Théveny, Paul Zimmermann. Why and How to Use Arbitrary Precision. Computing in Science and Engineering, 2010, 12 (3), pp.62-65. ⟨10.1109/MCSE.2010.73⟩. ⟨inria-00543927⟩
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