The IEEE International Symposium on Computer Arithmetic (ARITH) is a conference in the area of

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. The symposium was established in 1969, initially as three-year event, then as a biennial event, and, finally, from 2015 as an annual symposium. ARITH topics span from theoretical aspects and

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s for operations, to hardware implementations of arithmetic units and applications of computer arithmetic. ARITH symposia are sponsored by

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. They have been described as one of "the most prestigious forums for computer arithmetic" by researchers at the

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, as the main conference forum for new research publications in computer arithmetic by , and as a forum for interacting with the "international community of arithmeticians" by participants Peter Kornerup and David W. Matula.

List of ARITH symposia

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