Efficient Implementation of Elementary Functions in the Medium-Precision Range

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  title={Efficient Implementation of Elementary Functions in the Medium-Precision Range},
  author={Fredrik Johansson},
  journal={2015 IEEE 22nd Symposium on Computer Arithmetic},
  year={2014},
  pages={83-89},
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A new implementation of the elementary transcendental functions exp, sin, cos, log and atan for variable precision up to approximately 4096 bits is described, with maximum speedup ranging from a factor 3 for cos to 30 for atan.
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