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Volume 6, Number 2, Page 210 (1962)
Nontopical Issue
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Pseudo Division and Pseudo Multiplication Processes

by J. E. Meggitt
Some digit-by-digit methods for the evaluation of the elementary functions are described. The methods involve processes that resemble repeated-addition multiplication and repeated-subtraction division. Consequently, the methods are easy to implement and the resultant execution times are short.
Related Subjects: Programming, programs, and programming languages