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A Fortran Multiple-Precision Arithmetic Package
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Volume 4 ,  Issue 1  (March 1978) table of contents
Pages: 57 - 70  
Year of Publication: 1978
ISSN:0098-3500
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Richard P. Brent  Computer Center, Australian National University, Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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