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Fast and correctly rounded logarithms in double-precision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2007

Florent de Dinechin ,
Christoph Lauter  and
Jean-Michel Muller
Florent de Dinechin
Affiliation:
LIP, projet Arénaire, École normale supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Christoph Lauter
Affiliation:
LIP, projet Arénaire, École normale supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Jean-Michel Muller
Affiliation:
LIP, projet Arénaire, École normale supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
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Abstract

This article is a case study in the implementation of a portable, proven and efficient correctly rounded elementary function in double-precision. We describe the methodology used to achieve these goals in the crlibm library. There are two novel aspects to this approach. The first is the proof framework, and in general the techniques used to balance performance and provability. The second is the introduction of processor-specific optimization to get performance equivalent to the best current mathematical libraries, while trying to minimize the proof work. The implementation of the natural logarithm is detailed to illustrate these questions.

Keywords

Floating-pointelementary functionslogarithmcorrect rounding.
Type
Research Article
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RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications , Volume 41 , Issue 1: Real Numbers , January 2007 , pp. 85 - 102
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© EDP Sciences, 2007

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