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libmpfr (3)

Name

libmpfr - libmpfr is an open source, portable library written in C for arbitrary preci- sion arithmetic on floating-point numbers. It is based on the GNU MP library (libGMP). GNU MPFR aims to extend the class of floating-point numbers provided by the GNU MP Library by a precise semantics.

Synopsis

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Description

libmpfr(3)                         Libraries                        libmpfr(3)



NAME
       libmpfr

       LibMPFR  - The GNU Multiple Precision Rounding Floating Point Library -
       is an open source, portable library written in C for  arbitrary  preci-
       sion  arithmetic  on  floating-point numbers. It is based on the GNU MP
       library (libGMP).  GNU MPFR aims to extend the class of  floating-point
       numbers provided by the GNU MP Library by a precise semantics.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/mpfr     |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       Complete  documentation  in  HTML format for LibMPFR is available under
       https://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/mpfr.html.  Complete documentation in
       HTML format for LibGMP is available under https://gmplib.org/manual/.

AUTHOR
       LibMPFR's  main  contributors  are  Guillaume  Hanrot,  Vincent Lefvre,
       Patrick Plissier, Philippe Thveny and Paul Zimmermann.  Further details
       and   a  complete  list  of  LibMPFR's  Contributors  is  available  at
       http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/mpfr.html#Contributors.   LibMPFR   is
       released under the LGPL V3 License.

NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source                was                downloaded                from
       https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/mpfr-4.1.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.mpfr.org/.



GNU MPFR 4.1.0                   10 July 2020                       libmpfr(3)