Finite precision number systems and arithmetic Fundamental arithmetic operations support virtually all of the engineering scientific and financial computations required for practical applications from cryptography to financial planning to rocket science. This comprehensive reference provides researchers with the thorough understanding of number representations that is a necessary foundation for designing efficient arithmetic algorithms. Using the elementary foundations of radix number systems as a basis for arithmetic the authors develop and compare alternative algorithms for the fundamental operations of addition multiplication division and square root with precisely defined roundings. Various finite precision number systems are investigated with the focus on comparative analysis of practically efficient algorithms for closed arithmetic operations over these systems. Each chapter begins with an introduction to its contents and ends with bibliographic notes and an extensive bibliography. The book may also be used for graduate teaching: problems and exercises are scattered throughout the text and a solutions manual is available for instructors Provided by publisher Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Radix polynomial representations; 2. Base and digit set conversion; 3. Addition; 4. Multiplication; 5. Division; 6. Square root; 7. Floating point number systems; 8. Modular arithmetic and residue number systems; 9. Rational arithmetic; Author index; Index