x02ak returns the smallest positive floating-point number.

Syntax

C#
public static double x02ak()
Visual Basic
Public Shared Function x02ak As Double
Visual C++
public:
static double x02ak()
F#
static member x02ak : unit -> float 

Return Value

x02ak returns the smallest positive floating-point number.

Description

x02ak returns the smallest positive number in the model of floating-point arithmetic described in the X02 class. The returned value is equal to bemin-1, where b is the arithmetic base (see x02bh) and emin is the minimum exponent (see (X02BKF not in this release)) in the model.

References

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Error Indicators and Warnings

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Accuracy

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Parallelism and Performance

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Further Comments

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Example

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