We consider first the computation of the reciprocal function. This function is
important in itself and is the basis for the methods for division. A similar situation
occurs for reciprocal square root and square root.
We consider the case of operands and result in sign-and-magnitude repre-
sentation. Moreover, since the determination of the sign is straightforward and
independent of the operation on magnitudes, we concentrate on the latter.
Reciprocal
For the reciprocal function, we describe two related methods: the application of
the general Newton-Raphson method to obtain the zero ...
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