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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions docs/v3/core/v3.0.rst
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Expand Up @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ mandatory names:
The value must be a JSON number with no fraction or exponent part that is
within the representable range of the data type.

IEEE 754 floating point numbers (``float{16,32,64}``)
Floating point numbers (``float{16,32,64}``, ``bfloat16``)
The value may be either:

- A JSON number, that will be rounded to the nearest representable value.
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- ``"Infinity"``, denoting positive infinity;
- ``"-Infinity"``, denoting negative infinity;
- ``"NaN"``, denoting thenot-a-number (NaN) value where the sign bit is
- ``"NaN"``, denoting the not-a-number (NaN) value where the sign bit is
0 (positive), the most significant bit (MSB) of the mantissa is 1, and
all other bits of the mantissa are zero;
- ``"0xYYYYYYYY"``, specifying the byte representation of the floating
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- IEEE 754 single-precision floating point: sign bit, 8 bits exponent, 23 bits mantissa
* - ``float64``
- IEEE 754 double-precision floating point: sign bit, 11 bits exponent, 52 bits mantissa
* - ``bfloat16`` (optionally supported)
- `bfloat16 floating-point
format<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format>`_:
sign bit, 5 bits exponent, 10 bits mantissa
* - ``complex64``
- real and complex components are each IEEE 754 single-precision floating point
* - ``complex128``
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