[EN] ByteSized: fun with floating points - U Ruede, A Herten and E di Napoli
English Edition: how are real numbers e.g. 0.1 represented on computers? What can go wrong with using their representation in calculations? And does it matter? These and other questions are the subject of this ByteSized episode with my guests Prof. Ulrich Ruede (University of Erlangen-Nuernberg), Andreas Herten and Edoardo di Napoli (both Research Centre Juelich). Links: https://www.h-schmidt.net/FloatConverter/IEEE754.html an online tool to convert numbers into their bit/hex equi...
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