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Chapter 13. Use with User-Defined Floating-Point Types - Boost.Multiprecision and others

Chapter 13. Use with User-Defined Floating-Point Types - Boost.Multiprecision and others

Table of Contents

Using Boost.Math with High-Precision Floating-Point Libraries

Why use a high-precision library rather than built-in floating-point types?
Using Boost.Multiprecision
Using with GCC's __float128 datatype
Using With MPFR or GMP - High-Precision Floating-Point Library
Using e_float Library
Using NTL Library
Using without expression templates for Boost.Test and others

Conceptual Requirements for Real Number Types

Conceptual Requirements for Distribution Types

Conceptual Archetypes for Reals and Distributions