The Unum Number Format: Mathematical Foundations, Implementation and Comparison to IEEE 754 Floating-Point Numbers · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1701.00722/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTThe Unum Number Format: Mathematical Foundations, Implementation and Comparison to IEEE 754 Floating-Point Numbers — mentioned by shpxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14013648urn:hackerpapers:mention:1701.00722:14013648Sat, 01 Apr 2017 19:18:43 GMT<p>Related to 16 bit lookup tables, unum is a format for representing numbers as sets of number ranges as an alternative to floats. http://www.johngustafson.net/presentations/Unums2.0.pptx http://www.johngustafson.net/presentations/Unums2.0.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.00722.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_arithmetic</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1701.00722/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>math.NA