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A number of systems have the concept of a "canonical NaN", where one specific NaN value is chosen to be the only possible qNaN generated by floating-point operations not having a NaN input. The value is usually chosen to be a quiet NaN with an all-zero payload and an arbitrarily-defined sign bit.
In general, NaNs will be propagated, i.e. most operations involving a NaN will result in a NaN, although functions that would give some defined result for any given floating-point value will do so for NaNs as well, e.g. NaN ^ 0 = 1. There are two kinds of NaNs: the default quiet NaNs and, optionally, signaling NaNs.
This consists in using the last computed approximate values of the root for approximating the function by a polynomial of low degree, which takes the same values at these approximate roots. Then the root of the polynomial is computed and used as a new approximate value of the root of the function, and the process is iterated.
One representation is defined as normal, and others are defined as subnormal, denormal, or unnormal by their relationship to normal. In a normal floating-point value, there are no leading zeros in the significand (also commonly called mantissa); rather, leading zeros are removed by adjusting the exponent (for example, the number 0.0123 would be ...
Range reduction (also argument reduction, domain-spltting) is the first step for any function, after checks for unusual values (infinity and NaN) are performed.The goal here is to reduce the domain of the argument for the polynomial to process, using the function's symmetry and periodicity (if any), setting flags to indicate e.g. whether to negate the result in the end (if needed).
It returns the exact value of x–(round(x/y)·y). Round to nearest integer. For undirected rounding when halfway between two integers the even integer is chosen. Comparison operations. Besides the more obvious results, IEEE 754 defines that −∞ = −∞, +∞ = +∞ and x ≠ NaN for any x (including NaN).
In mathematics, the term undefined refers to a value, function, or other expression that cannot be assigned a meaning within a specific formal system. [1]Attempting to assign or use an undefined value within a particular formal system, may produce contradictory or meaningless results within that system.
The scale at which the Pseudo-Huber loss function transitions from L2 loss for values close to the minimum to L1 loss for extreme values and the steepness at extreme values can be controlled by the value. The Pseudo-Huber loss function ensures that derivatives are continuous for all degrees. It is defined as [3] [4]