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factor Pi into two singles A*B
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(* Mathematica source | |
same method as the previous gist for double. This validates that the constants giving here are optimal: | |
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26692859/best-machine-optimized-polynomial-minimax-approximation-to-arctangent-on-1-1 | |
*) | |
(* round(Pi,48,RN) *) | |
s = 221069929750889 | |
(* prime factors of 's' and nearby integers *) | |
f0 = FactorInteger[s]; | |
f1 = FactorInteger[s + 1]; | |
f2 = FactorInteger[s + 2]; | |
f3 = FactorInteger[s + 3]; | |
f4 = FactorInteger[s - 1]; | |
f5 = FactorInteger[s - 2]; | |
f6 = FactorInteger[s - 3]; | |
(* bits need for largest prime *) | |
{N[Log2[f0[[Length[f0], 1]]]], | |
N[Log2[f1[[Length[f1], 1]]]], | |
N[Log2[f2[[Length[f2], 1]]]], | |
N[Log2[f3[[Length[f3], 1]]]], | |
N[Log2[f4[[Length[f4], 1]]]], | |
N[Log2[f5[[Length[f5], 1]]]], | |
N[Log2[f6[[Length[f6], 1]]]]} | |
(* output: {19.6988, 29.234, 17.9695, 45.6515, 36.3432, 39.0113, 30.5098} *) | |
(* only f0 & f2 are candidates (24 or less) : dump the factors *) | |
f0 | |
f2 | |
(* output: | |
{{5867, 1}, {44279, 1}, {850973, 1}} | |
{{13, 1}, {61, 1}, {73, 1}, {14879, 1}, {256661, 1}} | |
*) | |
(* | |
442779*5867 requires more than 24 bits...f0 is out | |
256661*61 fits & 13*73*14879 both fit: so f2 (s+2) is good | |
// pi-(pi_a*pi_b) ~= 3.19744*10^-14 (1.0001*2^-45) | |
const float pi_a = 15656321.f/8388608.f; | |
const float pi_b = 14120171.f/8388608.f; | |
then: fmaf(pi_a, pi_b, x) is ~= pi+x; | |
*) | |
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