Numerical meaning of binary classification #
For a finite value, normality means its magnitude reaches 2 ^ minNormalExponent.
Subnormals have positive magnitude below that threshold. These equivalences hold for every
descriptor, including arbitrary valid biases and finite encodings with normal all-ones exponents.
The exact magnitude of any finite word, expressed in its stored magnitude fields.
A decoded finite value is normal exactly when its magnitude reaches the normal threshold.
Zero classification of a decoded value is exactly numerical zero.
Subnormal classification is precisely positive magnitude below the normal threshold.
Normality depends on the exact finite denotation, with NaNs and infinities excluded.
A subnormal is finite, with magnitude strictly between zero and the normal threshold.
Real-valued subnormality is strict positive magnitude below the normal threshold.