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1 # 17/02/26 2 3 ## floats 4 5 - significand = mantissa 6 - written as `-1 ^ sign * mantissa * 10 ^ e` 7 - `12.34 = (-1)^0 * 1.234 * (10 ^ 1)` 8 - 0 can't be be written with this, as the mantissa must be at least 1 (lower than 10) 9 10 - for binary, we use `-1 ^ sign * mantissa * 2 ^ e` 11 - where 1 <= m < 2 12