Precision and range of external P3109 results #
The quotient floor is strictly below 2^P; every report mode chooses it or its successor.
Consequently precision rounding produces an exact binary grid value, even at a carry. Saturation
then places each finite result in the external format's finite range. These two facts justify
using an ordinary binary encoder without introducing a second rounding error.
The external subnormal quantum is nonpositive.
Grid sufficient for exact external encoding, allowing a carry to the next binade.
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Every rounding mode, for every explicit stochastic word, lands on the external grid.
Each finite external endpoint lies on the precision grid.
The positive endpoint is exactly the existing binary model's largest finite dyadic.
The absolute endpoint value is the positive maximum, for either sign.
Scalable comparison tests exactly the real-valued magnitude bound used by encoding.
For an IEEE descriptor with grid-aligned finite inputs, every finite saturation result stays on the grid and within the external endpoints.