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Chapter 1. Boost.Multiprecision

John Maddock

Christopher Kormanyos

Copyright © 2002-2019 John Maddock and Christopher Kormanyos

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Integer Types

Factorials
Bit Operations

floating-point Numbers

cpp_bin_float

cpp_dec_float

Area of Circle
Defining a Special Function.
Calculating a Derivative
Calculating an Integral
Polynomial Evaluation
Variable Precision Newton Evaluation

Interval Number Types

mpfi_float

Complex Number Types

cpp_complex
mpc_complex
complex128
complex_adaptor

Rational Number Types

cpp_rational
gmp_rational
tommath_rational
Use With Boost.Rational
rational_adaptor

Miscellaneous Number Types.

logged_adaptor
debug_adaptor
Visual C++ Debugger Visualizers

Constructing and Interconverting Between Number Types

Generating Random Numbers

Primality Testing

Literal Types and constexpr Support

Importing and Exporting Data to and from cpp_int and cpp_bin_float

Rounding Rules for Conversions

Mixed Precision Arithmetic

Generic Integer Operations

Boost.Serialization Support

Numeric Limits

std::numeric_limits<> constants
std::numeric_limits<> functions
Numeric limits for 32-bit platform
How to Determine the Kind of a Number From std::numeric_limits

Input Output

Hash Function Support

Eigen Interoperability

number
cpp_int
gmp_int
tom_int
gmp_float
mpfr_float_backend
cpp_bin_float
cpp_dec_float
Internal Support Code
Backend Requirements
Header File Structure

Performance Comparison

The Overhead in the Number Class Wrapper
Floating-Point Real World Tests
Integer Real World Tests
Float Algorithm Performance
Integer Algorithm Performance
Rational Type Performance

History
TODO
FAQ
Acknowledgements

Function Index
Class Index
Typedef Index
Index

Last revised: August 14, 2019 at 12:06:00 GMT