mpn_invert implementing ApproximateReciprocal.
Torbjorn Granlund
tg at gmplib.org
Tue Dec 15 20:07:21 CET 2009
bodrato at mail.dm.unipi.it writes:
> "Exact approximation" is a bit odd. The value computed is an
> approximation (B^{2n}-1)/D, but is exactly floor((B^{2n}-1)/D).
> I.e. no approximation compared to the ideal value.
Does "Exact truncation" sound better?
I'd suggest "exactl result" or "strict result".
I guess MUL_TO_MULMOD_BNM1_2NXN_THRESHOLD will have a value similar to
INV_MULMOD_BNM1_THRESHOLD.
On all machines running daily test we have
INV_MULMOD_BNM1_THRESHOLD < BINV_NEWTON_THRESHOLD.
yesterday, I actually wrote (correct) code for tuning
MUL_TO_MULMOD_BNM1_2NXN_THRESHOLD, and ran it on a couple of machines.
Since it was always smaller than BINV_NEWTON_THRESHOLD, I decided to
exclude it. It is easy enough to fix this if it becomes relevant by
some change.
Probably mpn_binvert does not actually need a threshold for mulmod_bnm1.
Indeed. It is gone.
--
Torbjörn
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