From ed735e8d2c9b0bb2b47683796b242937319254eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jerry James Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:59:56 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add README.md. --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a022dd --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +# mpfr + +The [MPFR library](https://www.mpfr.org/) is a C library for +multiple-precision floating-point computations with _correct rounding_. MPFR +has continuously been supported by [INRIA](https://www.inria.fr/) and the +current main authors come from the [Caramba](https://caramba.loria.fr/) and +[AriC](http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/AriC/) project teams at +[Loria](https://www.loria.fr/) (Nancy, France) and +[LIP](http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/) (Lyon, France) respectively; see more on +the [credit page](https://www.mpfr.org/credit.html). MPFR is based on the +[GMP](https://gmplib.org/) multiple-precision library. + +The main goal of MPFR is to provide a library for multiple-precision +floating-point computation which is both efficient and has a well-defined +semantics. It copies the good ideas from the ANSI/IEEE-754 standard for +double-precision floating-point arithmetic (53-bit significand).