History of Floating point

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* The value of Pi, π = 3.1415926...10 decimal, which is equivalent to binary 11.001001000011111...2. When represented in a computer that allocates 17 bits for the mantissa, it will become 0.11001001000011111 × 2. Hence the floating point representation would starts with bits 01100100100001111 and end with bits 10 (which represent the exponent 2 in the binary system). Note: the first zero indicate a positive number, the ending 102 = 210.)

* The value of Pi, π = 3.1415926...10 decimal, which is equivalent to binary 11.001001000011111...2. When represented in a computer that allocates 17 bits for the mantissa, it will become 0.11001001000011111 × 22. Hence the floating point representation would starts with bits 01100100100001111 and end with bits 10 (which represent the exponent 2 in the binary system). Note: the first zero indicate a positive number, the ending 102 = 210.)