Improved error bounds for floating-point products and Horner's scheme (Q285288)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6582321
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    Improved error bounds for floating-point products and Horner's scheme
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6582321

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      Improved error bounds for floating-point products and Horner's scheme (English)
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      19 May 2016
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      The authors derive sharper error bounds in the floating-point format for a finite product of real numbers and Horner's scheme. The improvement consists in replacing the standard Wilkinson-type bounds \(ku/(1-ku)\) with only \(ku\).
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      floating-point product
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      IEEE 754 standard
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      Wilkinson-type error estimates
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      Horner's scheme
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      finite product of real numbers
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