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#import "@local/handout:0.1.0": *
#import "@preview/cetz:0.3.1"
#import "@preview/cetz-plot:0.1.0": plot, chart
= Integers and Floats
#generic("Observation:")
For small values of $x$, $log_2(1 + x)$ is approximately equal to $x$. \
Note that this equality is exact for $x = 0$ and $x = 1$, since $log_2(1) = 0$ and $log_2(2) = 1$.
#v(5mm)
We'll add the _correction term_ $epsilon$ to our approximation: $log_2(1 + a) approx a + epsilon$. \
This allows us to improve the average error of our linear approximation:
#table(
stroke: none,
align: center,
columns: (1fr, 1fr),
inset: 5mm,
[$log(1+x)$ and $x + 0$]
+ cetz.canvas({
import cetz.draw: *
let f1(x) = calc.log(calc.abs(x + 1), base: 2)
let f2(x) = x
// Set-up a thin axis style
set-style(axes: (stroke: .5pt, tick: (stroke: .5pt)))
plot.plot(
size: (7, 7),
x-tick-step: 0.2,
y-tick-step: 0.2,
y-min: 0,
y-max: 1,
x-min: 0,
x-max: 1,
legend: none,
axis-style: "scientific-auto",
x-label: none,
y-label: none,
{
let domain = (0, 1)
plot.add(
f1,
domain: domain,
label: $log(1+x)$,
style: (stroke: ogrape),
)
plot.add(
f2,
domain: domain,
label: $x$,
style: (stroke: oblue),
)
},
)
})
+ [
Max error: 0.086 \
Average error: 0.0573
],
[$log(1+x)$ and $x + 0.045$]
+ cetz.canvas({
import cetz.draw: *
let f1(x) = calc.log(calc.abs(x + 1), base: 2)
let f2(x) = x + 0.0450466
// Set-up a thin axis style
set-style(axes: (stroke: .5pt, tick: (stroke: .5pt)))
plot.plot(
size: (7, 7),
x-tick-step: 0.2,
y-tick-step: 0.2,
y-min: 0,
y-max: 1,
x-min: 0,
x-max: 1,
legend: none,
axis-style: "scientific-auto",
x-label: none,
y-label: none,
{
let domain = (0, 1)
plot.add(
f1,
domain: domain,
label: $log(1+x)$,
style: (stroke: ogrape),
)
plot.add(
f2,
domain: domain,
label: $x$,
style: (stroke: oblue),
)
},
)
})
+ [
Max error: 0.041 \
Average error: 0.0254
],
)
A suitiable value of $epsilon$ can be found using calculus or with computational trial-and-error. \
We won't bother with this---we'll simply leave the correction term as an opaque constant $epsilon$.
#v(1fr)
#note(
type: "Note",
[
"Average error" above is simply the area of the region between the two graphs:
$
integral_0^1 abs( #v(1mm) log(1+x) - (x+epsilon) #v(1mm))
$
Feel free to ignore this note, it isn't a critical part of this handout.
],
)
#pagebreak()
#problem(label: "convert")
Use the fact that $log_2(1 + a) approx a + epsilon$ to approximate $log_2(x_f)$ in terms of $x_i$. \
Namely, show that
$
log_2(x_f) = (x_i) / (2^23) - 127 + epsilon
$
#note([
In other words, we're finding an expression for $x$ as a float
in terms of $x$ as an int.
])
#solution([
Let $E$ and $F$ be the exponent and float bits of $x_f$. \
We then have:
$
log_2(x_f)
&= log_2 ( 2^(E-127) times (1 + (F) / (2^23)) ) \
&= E - 127 + log_2(1 + F / (2^23)) \
& approx E-127 + F / (2^23) + epsilon \
&= 1 / (2^23)(2^23 E + F) - 127 + epsilon \
&= 1 / (2^23)(x_i) - 127 + epsilon
$
])
#v(1fr)
#problem()
Using basic log rules, rewrite $log_2(1 / sqrt(x))$ in terms of $log_2(x)$.
#solution([
$
log_2(1 / sqrt(x)) = (-1) / (2)log_2(x)
$
])
#v(1fr)