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Multiprecision arithmetic
- From: Bill Maier <shufflesky at hotmail dot com>
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:18:22 +0000
- Subject: Multiprecision arithmetic
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I notice than in the write-up for bug #45746 it is suggested that multiprecision
arithmetic be used in a portion of the calculation to produce a more precise
result. Is this something that would be considered in GSL? I did a search
through the code for mpfr or gmp and did not find either. In fact I couldn't find
any code where multiprecision arithmetic is currently being used. Is it GSL
policy to keep all internal calculations in double precision?
-Bill Maier