Computer Arithmetic in Practice: Exercises and Programming

Computer Arithmetic in Practice: Exercises and Programming is a simple, brief introductory volume for undergraduate and graduate students at university courses interested in understanding the foundation of computers.It is focused on numeric data formats and capabilities of computers to perform basic arithmetic operations.It discusses mainly such topics as:Basic concepts of computer architectureAssembly language programming skillsData formats used to express integer and real numbersAlgorithms of basic arithmetic operationsShort overview of nonlinear functions evaluationDiscussion on limited number representation and computer arithmeticExercises and programming tasksThis book provides an accessible overview of common data formats used to write numbers in programming languages and how the computer performs four basic arithmetic operations from the point of view of the processor instruction set.The book is primarily didactic in nature, therefore the theoretical information is enriched with