HP-UX Floating-Point Guide

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In This Book
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 Provides an overview of the basic principles involved in
writing floating-point programs and of the HP-UX
math libraries used by most floating-point applications.
Chapter 2 Provides an overview of the IEEE Standard for Binary
Floating-Point Arithmetic, the standard on which HP
floating-point behavior is based.
Chapter 3 Describes the factors that can cause the results of
floating-point computations to vary from one system to
another or even from one execution to another.
Chapter 4 Describes the math libraries available with the HP-UX
operating system on HP 9000 platforms.
Chapter 5 Describes the methods you can use to manipulate the
floating-point status register.
Chapter 6 Describes how to enable and handle floating-point
traps.
Chapter 7 Describes techniques for obtaining the best possible
floating-point performance.
Appendix A Describes the C math library.
Appendix B Describes the Fortran math library.
Appendix C Provides a checklist to help you locate possible causes
of a floating-point programming problem.
Glossary Defines the terms used in this manual.