Quadruple-precision floating-point format special characteristics: In addition to the double-double arithmetic, it is also possible to generate triple-double or quad-double arithmetic if higher precision is required without any higher precision floating-point library. They are represented as a sum of three (or four) double-precision values respectively. They can represent operations with at least 159/161 and 212/215 bits respectively. A similar technique can be used to produce a double-quad arithmetic, which is represented as a sum of two quadruple-precision values. They can represent operations with at least 226 (or 227) bits. Quadruple precision is often implemented in software by a variety of techniques (such as
Quadruple product Quadruple product In mathematics, the quadruple product is a product of four vectors in three-dimensional Euclidean space. The name "quadruple product" is used for two different products, the scalar-valued scalar quadruple product and the vector-valued vector quadruple product or vector product of four vectors . The scalar quadruple product is defined as the dot product of two cross products: where a, b, c, d are vectors in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It can be evaluated using the identity: or using the determinant: The vector quadruple product is defined as the cross product of two cross products: where a, b, c, d