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Algorithm 693: a FORTRAN package for floating-point multiple-precision arithmetic

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ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS), Volume 17, Issue 2

Pages 273 - 283

https://doi.org/10.1145/108556.108585

Published: 01 June 1991 Publication History

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FM is a collection of FORTRAN-77 routines which performs floating-point multiple-precision arithmetic and elementary functions. Results are almost always correctly rounded, and due to improved algorithms used for elementary functions, reasonable efficiency is obtained.

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June 1991

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DOI:10.1145/108556

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