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Everything about Subnormal number
Denormalized floating-point numbers near zero
In computer science, subnormal numbers are the subset of denormalized numbers that fill the underflow gap around zero in floating-point arithmetic. Any non-zero number with magnitude smaller than the smallest positive normal number is subnormal, while denormal can also refer to numbers outside that range. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Subnormal numberA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: SPARC Architecture, Assembly Language Programming, and CThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: CONCEPTS OF NUMBER OF THE MENTALLY SUBNORMAL STUDIED BY PIAGET'S METHODCited 27 times
- Go sideways: IEEE 754-1985A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Extended precisionA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
SPARC Architecture, Assembly Language Programming, and CRichard P. Paul · 1994- 📕Number conservation in educationally subnormal childrenP. B. Mitchell
- 📕Number unknown · 1965
- 📕Number unknownChurch of England. Working Party on the Pastoral Care and Religious Education of Severely Subnormal Children. · 1965
- 📕Number unknownChurch of England · 1965
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