Editing GNU MPFR (section)

{{Short description|C library for arbitrary-precision floating-point arithmetic}}
{{Infobox software
| name = GNU MPFR
| title = GNU MPFR
| logo = Mpfr.svg
| logo size = 180px
| screenshot = GNOME Calculator 41.1.png
| caption = GNOME Calculator, which uses MPFR as of version 41.1
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = [[GNU Project]] ([[INRIA]] and others)
| released = {{Start date and age|2000|02|04}}<!-- This was the first public release 0.4 (seen as close enough to 1.0 to be considered for this parameter). -->
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = 4.2.2
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|3|20}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
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| size = 
| language = 
| genre = [[Mathematical software]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.mpfr.org/}}
}}
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
The '''GNU Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliable Library''' ('''GNU MPFR''') is a [[GNU]] portable [[C (programming language)|C]] [[Library (computing)|library]] for [[Arbitrary-precision arithmetic|arbitrary-precision]] binary [[Floating-point arithmetic|floating-point]] computation with [[rounding#Table-maker's dilemma|correct rounding]], based on [[GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library|GNU Multi-Precision Library]].<ref>{{cite journal
|first1 = L. |last1 = Fousse
|first2 = G. |last2 = Hanrot
|first3 = V. |last3 = Lefèvre
|first4 = P. |last4 = Pélissier
|first5 = P. |last5 = Zimmermann
|title = MPFR: A multiple-precision binary floating-point library with correct rounding
|journal = ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software 
|year = 2007 |volume = 33 |number = 2 |pages = 13:1–15
|doi = 10.1145/1236463.1236468
|s2cid = 9641003
}}
</ref><ref name="higham">{{cite web |title=The Rise of Mixed Precision Arithmetic |url=https://nhigham.com/2015/10/08/the-rise-of-mixed-precision-arithmetic/ |first=Nick |last=Higham |date=October 8, 2015 |access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>