X02ALC (real_largest) : NAG Library CL Interface, Mark 27

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1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

1 Purpose

2 Specification

The function may be called by the names: x02alc, nag_machine_real_largest or nag_real_largest_number.

3 Description

X02ALC returns the largest positive number in the model of floating-point arithmetic described in the X02 Chapter Introduction. The returned value is equal to

(1 - b^{- p}) \times b^{e_{\max}}

, where

b

is the arithmetic base (see X02BHC) and

e_{\max}

is the maximum exponent (see X02BLC) in the model.

NAG CL Interface
X02ALC (real_largest)

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1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

NAG CL InterfaceX02ALC (real_​largest)

▸▿ Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

NAG CL Interface
X02ALC (real_largest)