A computer and a method of using the computer to separate a floating-point number into high and low parts and for evaluating a dominant arithmetic object and a remainder object. The dominant object is associated with the first arithmetic object by using the high parts of the floating-point number. The...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6078939?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6078939 - Apparatus useful in floating point arithmetic
