Division algorithm: Revision history

25 August 2025

• curprev 15:4615:46, 25 August 2025 Citation bot talk contribs 43,556 bytes −213 Added bibcode. Removed URL that duplicated identifier. Removed access-date with no URL. Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Headbomb | Linked from Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia/Sandbox | #UCB_webform_linked 709/1032 undo

16 July 2025

• curprev 04:4604:46, 16 July 2025 Jonesey95 talk contribs 43,769 bytes +71 Undid revision 1300743975 by Zinnober9 (talk). edit conflict undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 04:4504:45, 16 July 2025 Zinnober9 talk contribs 43,698 bytes −71 Restored revision 1299915824 by Zinnober9 (talk): Revert, stripped tags. undo Tags: Twinkle Undo Reverted
• curprev 04:4504:45, 16 July 2025 Jonesey95 talk contribs 43,769 bytes +59 Undid revision 1300689008 by 136.56.162.6 (talk). Goodness no. That doesn't work at all. Something like this is probably simplest. undo Tag: Reverted

15 July 2025

• curprev 21:2221:22, 15 July 2025 136.56.162.6 talk 43,710 bytes +12 →Pseudocode: I somewhat fixed the formatting of the pseudocode. It seems that Mathml is incompatible with all Wikipedia code formatting except "code" tags, but "code" tags aren't great for blocks (rather than inline). This seems the least of all evils. undo Tag: Reverted

11 July 2025

• curprev 04:4404:44, 11 July 2025 Zinnober9 talk contribs 43,698 bytes −27 Restored revision 1299849620 by Zinnober9 (talk): Invalid syntax, do NOT reinstate. undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
• curprev 01:0101:01, 11 July 2025 2600:1016:a010:46f4:d306:8040:627c:7135 talk 43,725 bytes +27 Undid revision 1299849620 by Zinnober9 (talk)—see WP:PRE; you need the <includeonly></includeonly> in the <pre> tags to be able to use Wiki markup within them undo Tags: Undo Reverted

10 July 2025

• curprev 19:5719:57, 10 July 2025 Zinnober9 talk contribs m 43,698 bytes −27 Removed include mess. undo Tag: Reverted
• curprev 17:1217:12, 10 July 2025 208.114.63.4 talk 43,725 bytes +65 Improve readability of markup, fix Linter error undo
• curprev 17:0617:06, 10 July 2025 208.114.63.4 talk 43,660 bytes +58 Formatting undo

30 June 2025

• curprev 09:4809:48, 30 June 2025 OAbot talk contribs m 43,602 bytes +100 Open access bot: url-access=subscription updated in citation with #oabot. undo

10 May 2025

• curprev 19:0919:09, 10 May 2025 84.238.83.158 talk 43,502 bytes +2 No edit summary undo
• curprev 19:0819:08, 10 May 2025 84.238.83.158 talk 43,500 bytes +2 Added missing IBM refference undo

6 May 2025

• curprev 12:3812:38, 6 May 2025 Jason Davies talk contribs m 43,498 bytes −9 Fix typo. undo

1 April 2025

• curprev 17:1017:10, 1 April 2025 Mr. X 235528 talk contribs m 43,507 bytes 0 →Initial estimate undo

10 February 2025

• curprev 07:0607:06, 10 February 2025 HaydenWong talk contribs 43,507 bytes −2 →Slow division methods: remove redundant whitespaces undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

9 February 2025

• curprev 02:0202:02, 9 February 2025 Citation bot talk contribs 43,509 bytes +2 Altered pages. Formatted dashes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from January 2025 | #UCB_Category 91/287 undo

6 February 2025

• curprev 03:1503:15, 6 February 2025 2409:4060:2e06:6102:c7a4:a771:51da:6c50 talk 43,507 bytes 0 →Example undo Tags: Manual revert Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 03:1403:14, 6 February 2025 2409:4060:2e06:6102:c7a4:a771:51da:6c50 talk 43,507 bytes 0 →Example undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 January 2025

• curprev 13:1913:19, 26 January 2025 97.102.205.224 talk 43,507 bytes +69 →Fast division methods: Use \varpsilon consistently for error, rather than a mix of that, \epsilon, and E. undo

20 January 2025

• curprev 15:1815:18, 20 January 2025 97.102.205.224 talk 43,438 bytes +655 →Cubic iteration: Contrast precision of 2x cubic with 3x quadratic. Mention one-sided error. undo
• curprev 12:0112:01, 20 January 2025 97.102.205.224 talk 42,783 bytes +726 →Cubic iteration: Yes, the error is exactly cubed. Also gave a more elementary explanation of the undo

19 January 2025

• curprev 17:4117:41, 19 January 2025 97.102.205.224 talk 42,057 bytes +1,358 →Newton–Raphson division: Split up "Variant Newton–Raphson division" subsection. The auadratic initial estimate material was moved up to join the linar estimate text in a new "Initial estimate" subsection. The remaining discusson of a cubic iteration is retitled "Cubic iteration." Rewrite "number of iterations to get P bits" equation to "number of bits after S iterations". FIXME: Is the cubic iteration exactly cubic, or is there a scaling term? undo

9 January 2025

• curprev 10:5710:57, 9 January 2025 HaydenWong talk contribs 40,699 bytes −4 →Non-restoring division undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• curprev 10:5610:56, 9 January 2025 HaydenWong talk contribs 40,703 bytes +45 →Non-restoring division undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• curprev 10:5510:55, 9 January 2025 HaydenWong talk contribs 40,658 bytes −21 →Non-restoring division undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

7 January 2025

• curprev 06:3406:34, 7 January 2025 Citation bot talk contribs 40,679 bytes −17 Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Dominic3203 | Category:Computer arithmetic algorithms | #UCB_Category 17/20 undo

1 January 2025

• curprev 02:4502:45, 1 January 2025 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 40,696 bytes +18 Dating maintenance tags: {{Check}} undo
• curprev 02:2402:24, 1 January 2025 Dimawik talk contribs 40,678 bytes +30 →Non-restoring division: see talk page undo

30 December 2024

• curprev 15:3215:32, 30 December 2024 Hexware talk contribs 40,648 bytes +55 →SRT division: Update Ken Shirriff citation undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

7 December 2024

• curprev 15:4915:49, 7 December 2024 Hexware talk contribs 40,593 bytes +222 →{{anchor|SRT}}SRT division: Add citation from Ken Shiriff undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

18 September 2024

• curprev 16:5216:52, 18 September 2024 Swinub talk contribs m 40,371 bytes −1 →Rounding error: Grammar undo

1 September 2024

• curprev 15:4415:44, 1 September 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 40,372 bytes +16 Added hdl. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by ZeetBaralWiki | #UCB_webform undo
• curprev 15:0315:03, 1 September 2024 CosmLearner talk contribs 40,356 bytes +546 →Rounding error: Adding/improving reference(s) undo Tags: Visual edit Newcomer task Newcomer task: expand
• curprev 14:5314:53, 1 September 2024 CosmLearner talk contribs 39,810 bytes +923 Rounding error written undo Tags: Visual edit Newcomer task Newcomer task: expand

29 June 2024

• curprev 15:3615:36, 29 June 2024 Trivialist talk contribs m 38,887 bytes −13 rm TM symbol undo

10 May 2024

• curprev 07:0307:03, 10 May 2024 Beland talk contribs m 38,900 bytes −2 middot -> sdot per WP:⋅ (via WP:JWB) undo

5 February 2024

• curprev 07:5107:51, 5 February 2024 91.26.155.125 talk 38,902 bytes −47 No edit summary undo Tags: Manual revert Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 07:4907:49, 5 February 2024 91.26.155.125 talk 38,949 bytes +47 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted possible vandalism Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 07:4707:47, 5 February 2024 Astrica talk contribs m 38,902 bytes +99 Reverted 1 edit by 91.26.155.125 (talk) to last revision by 194.39.218.23 undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
• curprev 07:4707:47, 5 February 2024 91.26.155.125 talk 38,803 bytes −99 →Division by repeated subtraction undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

30 January 2024

• curprev 15:5815:58, 30 January 2024 194.39.218.23 talk 38,902 bytes −4 →Pseudocode undo

25 January 2024

• curprev 19:4319:43, 25 January 2024 Regulov talk contribs m 38,906 bytes +1 →{{anchor|SRT}}SRT division undo

11 January 2024

• curprev 11:1011:10, 11 January 2024 137.204.150.14 talk 38,905 bytes +1 →Integer division (unsigned) with remainder undo

10 January 2024

• curprev 09:5009:50, 10 January 2024 194.39.218.22 talk 38,904 bytes +4 →Pseudocode undo

7 January 2024

• curprev 19:0419:04, 7 January 2024 Algorithm.btc talk contribs 38,900 bytes +34 No edit summary undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Newcomer task Newcomer task: expand

6 January 2024

• curprev 21:2421:24, 6 January 2024 151.135.9.22 talk 38,866 bytes −3 →Integer division (unsigned) with remainder undo
• curprev 21:2221:22, 6 January 2024 151.135.9.22 talk 38,869 bytes +2 →Integer division (unsigned) with remainder undo

11 December 2023

• curprev 16:1416:14, 11 December 2023 Jacobolus talk contribs 38,867 bytes −84 take out "Euclidean division" hatnote; the article is directly linked within the first sentence undo

3 November 2023

• curprev 02:3502:35, 3 November 2023 RFST talk contribs m 38,951 bytes 0 →Non-restoring division: one's complement -> ones' complement undo