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| 63 | <span id="Floating-Point-in-Depth-1"></span><h2 class="chapter">28 Floating Point in Depth</h2>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
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| 66 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Floating-Representations.html" accesskey="1">Floating Representations</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 67 | </td></tr>
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| 68 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Floating-Type-Specs.html" accesskey="2">Floating Type Specs</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 69 | </td></tr>
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| 70 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Special-Float-Values.html" accesskey="3">Special Float Values</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 72 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Invalid-Optimizations.html" accesskey="4">Invalid Optimizations</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 74 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Exception-Flags.html" accesskey="5">Exception Flags</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 75 | </td></tr>
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| 76 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Exact-Floating_002dPoint.html" accesskey="6">Exact Floating-Point</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 77 | </td></tr>
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| 78 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Rounding.html" accesskey="7">Rounding</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 79 | </td></tr>
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| 80 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Rounding-Issues.html" accesskey="8">Rounding Issues</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 81 | </td></tr>
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| 82 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Significance-Loss.html" accesskey="9">Significance Loss</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 88 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Exact-Floating-Constants.html">Exact Floating Constants</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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| 106 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Further-Reading.html">Further Reading</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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