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to obtain the desired behavioral properties.
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</para>
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</note>
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+ <caution>
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+ <para>
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+ Underflow is intentionally left unhandled in the γ-section algorithm.
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+ This may result in incorrect values being returned for intervals with
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+ boundaries in the subnormal range of floating point numbers, i.e.
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+ for values smaller than approximately
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+ <literal>2<superscript>-1020</superscript></literal> (about <literal>8.9e-308</literal>).
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+ </para>
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+ </caution>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="seealso">
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