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ChapterÂ 1.Â Boost.Multiprecision

ChapterÂ 1.Â Boost.Multiprecision

John Maddock

Christopher Kormanyos

Copyright Â© 2002-2013 John Maddock and Christopher Kormanyos

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Integer Types

Factorials
Bit Operations

Floating Point Numbers

cpp_bin_float

cpp_dec_float

Area of Circle
Defining a Special Function.
Calculating a Derivative
Calculating an Integral
Polynomial Evaluation

Interval Number Types

mpfi_float

Rational Number Types

cpp_rational
gmp_rational
tommath_rational
Use With Boost.Rational
rational_adaptor

Miscellaneous Number Types.

logged_adaptor
debug_adaptor
Visual C++ Debugger Visualizers

Constructing and Interconverting Between Number Types

Generating Random Numbers

Primality Testing

Literal Types and constexpr Support

Rounding Rules for Conversions

Mixed Precision Arithmetic

Generic Integer Operations

Boost.Serialization Support

Numeric Limits

std::numeric_limits<> constants
std::numeric_limits<> functions
Numeric limits for 32-bit platform
How to Determine the Kind of a Number From std::numeric_limits

Input Output

number
cpp_int
gmp_int
tom_int
gmp_float
mpfr_float_backend
cpp_bin_float
cpp_dec_float
Internal Support Code
Backend Requirements
Header File Structure

Performance Comparison

The Overhead in the Number Class Wrapper
Floating-Point Real World Tests
Integer Real World Tests
Float Algorithm Performance
Integer Algorithm Performance
Rational Type Performance

History
TODO
FAQ
Acknowledgements

Function Index
Class Index
Typedef Index
Index

Last revised: June 30, 2014 at 12:16:48 GMT