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Fix signedness in the floating point example.

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John Winans 2020-08-18 19:24:29 -05:00
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@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ $1.significand \times 2^{exponent}$ where the {\em significand}
is the portion of the {\em mantissa} that is to the right of the binary-point. is the portion of the {\em mantissa} that is to the right of the binary-point.
\begin{itemize} \begin{itemize}
\item The unnormalized binary value of $-2.625$ is $10.101$ \item The unnormalized binary value of $-2.625$ is $-10.101$
\item The normalized value of $-2.625$ is $1.0101 \times 2^1$ \item The normalized value of $-2.625$ is $-1.0101 \times 2^1$
\end{itemize} \end{itemize}
\item We need not store the `1.' because {\em all} normalized floating \item We need not store the `1.' part because {\em all} normalized floating
point numbers will start that way. Thus we can save memory when storing point numbers will start that way. Thus we can save memory when storing
normalized values by adding 1 to the significand. normalized values by inserting a `1.' to the left of significand.
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\small \small