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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm index 4320138b73..8e89836595 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm @@ -64,12 +64,11 @@ (else '()))))) (synopsis "Multiple-precision arithmetic library") (description - "@dfn{GMP} (the GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library) is a library for -arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers -and floating point numbers. The precision is only limited by the available -memory. The library is highly optimized, with a design focus on execution -speed. It is aimed at use in, for example, cryptography and computational -algebra.") + "The @acronym{GMP, the GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic} library performs +arbitrary-precision arithmetic on signed integers, rational numbers and floating +point numbers. The precision is only limited by the available memory. +The library is highly optimized, with a design focus on execution speed. +It is aimed at use in, for example, cryptography and computational algebra.") (license lgpl3+) (home-page "https://gmplib.org/"))) @@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ algebra.") (propagated-inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp))) ; <mpfr.h> refers to <gmp.h> (synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision floating-point arithmetic") (description - "GNU@tie{}@dfn{MPFR} (Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliably) is a C + "GNU@tie{}@acronym{MPFR, Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliably} is a C library for performing multiple-precision, floating-point computations with correct rounding.") (license lgpl3+) @@ -128,8 +127,8 @@ correct rounding.") ("mpfr" ,mpfr))) (synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision complex arithmetic") (description - "GNU@tie{}@dfn{MPC} (Multiple Precision Complex library) is a C library for -performing arithmetic on complex numbers. It supports arbitrarily high + "GNU@tie{}@acronym{MPC, Multiple Precision Complex library} is a C library +for performing arithmetic on complex numbers. It supports arbitrarily high precision and correctly rounds the results.") (license lgpl3+) (home-page "http://multiprecision.org/mpc/"))) @@ -150,11 +149,11 @@ precision and correctly rounds the results.") ("mpfr" ,mpfr))) (synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic") (description - "@dfn{MPFI} (Multiple Precision Floating-point Interval) is a portable C + "@acronym{MPFI, Multiple Precision Floating-point Interval} is a portable C library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic, with intervals represented -using MPFR reliable floating-point numbers. It's based on the @dfn{GMP} (GNU -Multiple Precision Arithmetic) and GNU@tie{}@dfn{MPFR} (Multiple Precision -Floating-Point Reliably) libraries. +using MPFR reliable floating-point numbers. It's based on the @acronym{GMP, GNU +Multiple Precision Arithmetic} and GNU@tie{}@acronym{MPFR, Multiple Precision +Floating-Point Reliably} libraries. The purpose of arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic is to get results that are both guaranteed, thanks to interval computation, and accurate, thanks to |