Patent Application Number: 2005218001
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#43Knuth, Seminumerical Algorithms
Applies to Claims 1,2,3,5,6,7
Submitted by: Richard O'KeefeLast updated: 6 months ago
Title The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2, Seminumerical Algorithms
ISBN 0-201-03822-6
Description
Knuth's famous series includes a chapter on multiprecision arithmetic including the use of base 10**n big digits
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#42DEC-10 Prolog library
Applies to Claims 1,10,11,12,2,5,6,7,9
Submitted by: Richard O'KeefeLast updated: 6 months ago
Name/Title long.pl (in DEC-10 Prolog library)
System Type Code Library, Module, Plug-in, Component, or Function
Description
The DEC-10 Prolog library provided base 10**N bignums in the file LONG.PL in 1981.
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#3GNU GMP 2.0.X
Applies to Claims 1,10,11,12,2,5,6,7,8,9
Submitted by: Paul LeopardiLast updated: 9 months ago
Name/Title GNU GMP 2.0.2
System Type Code Library, Module, Plug-in, Component, or Function
Description
GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library. "GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers. ... The first GMP release was made in 1991."
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#1Densely packed decimal encoding
Applies to Claims 1,10,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Submitted by: Graham MenhennittLast updated: 9 months ago
Title IBM UK Ltd., UK
Description
identical algorithm
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