| 摘要 |
Apparatus and method for obtaining the reciprocal of a number and the quotient of two numbers is disclosed. The dividend and divisor, after left justification of the most significant "one" of each, are supplied to an array of combinatorial logic, the output of which is a group of polynomials having positive and negative terms. Arithmetic means are provided for subtracting the negative terms of the polynomials from the positive terms thereof to obtain the reciprocal of the divisor. This reciprocal may thereafter be multiplied by the dividend by well-known multiplication means to form the desired quotient. The apparatus and method perform the described arithmetic functions according to a flow-through scheme, where a flow-through scheme is defined as a scheme not requiring iterative techniques.
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