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Boost Multiprecision Library
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The Multiprecision Library provides integer, rational, floating-point, complex and interval number types in C++ that have more range and
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precision than C++'s ordinary built-in types. The big number types in Multiprecision can be used with a wide selection of basic
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mathematical operations, elementary transcendental functions as well as the functions in Boost.Math. The Multiprecision types can
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also interoperate with the built-in types in C++ using clearly defined conversion rules. This allows Boost.Multiprecision to be
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used for all kinds of mathematical calculations involving integer, rational and floating-point types requiring extended range and precision.
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Multiprecision consists of a generic interface to the mathematics of large numbers as well as a selection of big number back ends, with
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support for integer, rational and floating-point types. Boost.Multiprecision provides a selection of back ends provided off-the-rack in
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including interfaces to GMP, MPFR, MPIR, TomMath as well as its own collection of Boost-licensed, header-only back ends for integers,
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rationals, floats and complex. In addition, user-defined back ends can be created and used with the interface of Multiprecision
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, provided the class implementation adheres to the necessary concepts.
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Depending upon the number type, precision may be arbitrarily large (limited only by available memory), fixed at compile time
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(for example 50 or 100 decimal digits), or a variable controlled at run-time by member functions. The types are expression-template-enabled
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for better performance than naive user-defined types.
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The full documentation is available on [boost.org](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/multiprecision/index.html).
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## Support, bugs and feature requests ##
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Bugs and feature requests can be reported through the [Gitub issue tracker](https://github.com/boostorg/multiprecision/issues)
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(see [open issues](https://github.com/boostorg/multiprecision/issues) and
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[closed issues](https://github.com/boostorg/multiprecision/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)).
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You can submit your changes through a [pull request](https://github.com/boostorg/multiprecision/pulls).
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There is no mailing-list specific to Boost Multiprecision, although you can use the general-purpose Boost [mailing-list](http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users) using the tag [multiprecision].
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## Development ##
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Clone the whole boost project, which includes the individual Boost projects as submodules ([see boost+git doc](https://github.com/boostorg/boost/wiki/Getting-Started)):
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git clone https://github.com/boostorg/boost
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cd boost
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git submodule update --init
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The Boost Multiprecision Library is located in `libs/multiprecision/`.
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### Running tests ###
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First, make sure you are in `libs/multiprecision/test`.
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You can either run all the tests listed in `Jamfile.v2` or run a single test:
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../../../b2 <- run all tests
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../../../b2 test_complex <- single test
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