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Exact subtraction: Sterbenz's theorem

This function computes the exact subtraction if the inputs are near enough one to another.


Auteurs: Sylvie Boldo

Catégories: Floating-Point Computations

Outils: Frama-C / Jessie / Why3 / Coq

Références: NSV-3 Benchmarks

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/*@ requires  y/2. <= x <= 2.*y;
  @ ensures   \result == x-y;
  @*/

float Sterbenz(float x, float y) {
  return x-y;
}