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