13 May
2004
13 May
'04
10:16 p.m.
From: Jody Hagins <jody-boost-011304@atdesk.com>
On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:17:29 -0400 Joel Young <jdy@cs.brown.edu> wrote:
I believe there is a numeric error in big_integer. I am working to isolate it to a single operation.
What operations are you doing on the numbers?
Rational addition so prolly a few divs. :-) See other post for code
I read earlier that Richard reimplemented the division algorithm based on Knuth's algoithm. However, the division algorithm in TAOCP Vol 2, sec 4.3.1 has at least one bug (and I have a $2.56 check ;-). So, if it
Yup. I just checked. It is a regression against big_integer-0.2. Joel