Floating-point arithmetic#

In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic that represents real numbers approximately, using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base.

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Community#

Tools#

• Herbie: Find and fix floating-point problems ⭐

Libraries#

• float-cmp: Floating point approximate comparison for Rust

Resources#

Video#

• [2022] How floating point works ⭐