diff --git a/include/fast_float/fast_table.h b/include/fast_float/fast_table.h index 46ee965..aa7804b 100644 --- a/include/fast_float/fast_table.h +++ b/include/fast_float/fast_table.h @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ namespace fast_float { */ /** - * The smallest non-zero float (binary64) is 2^−1074. + * The smallest non-zero float (binary64) is 2^-1074. * We take as input numbers of the form w x 10^q where w < 2^64. * We have that w * 10^-343 < 2^(64-344) 5^-343 < 2^-1076. * However, we have that - * (2^64-1) * 10^-342 = (2^64-1) * 2^-342 * 5^-342 > 2^−1074. + * (2^64-1) * 10^-342 = (2^64-1) * 2^-342 * 5^-342 > 2^-1074. * Thus it is possible for a number of the form w * 10^-342 where * w is a 64-bit value to be a non-zero floating-point number. *********