From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: correctly rounded sqrt
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:56:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120314165604.GF5728@port70.net> (raw)
i tried to solve the sqrt issue with a wrapper
as discussed on irc, but i couldn't find a nice
solution
if we check |x - y*y| and try to figure out
the rounding from that, then there are two
approaches
1) use the veltkamp-dekker exact multiplication formulas
(sq1 algorithm in my code)
or
2) use simpler method for y*y and use argumentum reduction
to handle large/small numbers (x*=2^2n, y*=2^-n)
i tried both: 1) only works correctly for subnormals
with double precision evaluation so it needs arg reduction
2) does not work in all cases (|x-y*y| and |x-y1*y1|
might be the same and resolving the tie is nontrivial)
so 1) with arg reduction is my current solution
and i don't know if it works in all cases
..and the code might be slow
next reply other threads:[~2012-03-14 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-14 16:56 Szabolcs Nagy [this message]
2012-03-14 16:57 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-03-14 19:01 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-03-15 1:46 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-03-15 3:23 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-03-15 5:07 ` Rich Felker
2012-03-15 5:30 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-03-15 8:02 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-03-15 16:12 ` Rich Felker
2012-03-15 18:14 ` Pascal Cuoq
2012-03-15 18:22 ` Szabolcs Nagy
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