Kahan's algorithm for a correct discriminant somputation at last formally proven

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-225

  Boldo, Sylvie ^a  

^a INRIA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Coq; Discriminant; Floating point; Formal proof; Why platform

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC;

AUTOMATIC PROOFS; DISCRIMINANT; DOUBLE PRECISION; FLOATING POINTS; FORMAL PROOFS; PROOF OBLIGATIONS; S-ALGORITHMS; WHY PLATFORM;

THEOREM PROVING;

EID: 69149094411     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TC.2008.200     Document Type: Article

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