Exact semantics of configured powers and fused minus-one exponentials #
The configured operations refine the model kernels for every lawful storage codec. Their real semantics hold under the same domain conditions, independently of storage width. These are correctness results for exact boundary comparison, not bounds on execution cost.
Configured power decodes to the model pow of the decoded operands.
Configured base-two exponential decodes to the model exp2.
Configured base-ten exponential decodes to the model exp10.
Configured base-two exponential minus one decodes to the fused model exp2Minus1.
Configured base-ten exponential minus one decodes to the fused model exp10Minus1.
Nonnegative configured bases in the real domain round the exact real power once.
Negative configured bases with integral exponents round their exact rational power once.
A negative configured base with a nonintegral exponent produces NaR.
Every finite configured base-two exponential rounds the exact real power.
Every finite configured base-ten exponential rounds the exact real power.
A finite configured base-two exponential minus one rounds the exact fused expression.
A finite configured base-ten exponential minus one rounds the exact fused expression.