HP-UX Floating-Point Guide
52 Chapter 2
Floating-Point Principles and the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic
Floating-Point Formats
Table 2-9 IEEE Double-Precision Value Summary (Decimal Values)
Value
Decimal Values
(Double-Precision)
Positive Negative
Zero 0.0 −0.0
Denormalized 4.94065E−324
to
2.22507E−308
−4.94065E−324
to
−2.22507E−308
Normalized 2.22507E−308
to
1.79769E+308
−2.22507E−308
to
−1.79769E+308
Infinity Not applicable Not applicable
Quiet NaN Not applicable Not applicable
Signaling NaN Not applicable Not applicable