[IEEE related] interesting property

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King Harold
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[IEEE related] interesting property

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did you know that the exponent + the fraction (excluding the implicit bit) comes really close to the base2 logarithm of the whole number?
the error is highest when the represented number is pow(2,n)-1 and lowest (zero) when the represented number is pow(2,n)
funny thing isn't it? this makes for a fast (if a little inaccurate) base2 logarithmic calculation, ADD. Changing the base to a known number only takes an additional DIVIDE.
error (top is 0.1, numbers range from 1 through 10240)
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probably only for positive numbers
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