10-14. Sample Magic Numbers

Table 10-1. Some Magic Numbers for W = 32
  Signed Unsigned 
d M(hex) s M(hex) a s
−5 99999999 1   
−3 55555555 1   
−2k 7FFFFFFF k-1   
1 - - 0 1 0
2k 80000001 k-1 232-k 0 0
3 55555556 0 AAAAAAAB 0 1
5 66666667 1 CCCCCCCD 0 2
6 2AAAAAAB 0 AAAAAAAB 0 2
7 92492493 2 24924925 1 3
9 38E38E39 1 38E38E39 0 1
10 66666667 2 CCCCCCCD 0 3
11 2E8BA2E9 1 BA2E8BA3 0 3
12 2AAAAAAB 1 AAAAAAAB 0 3
25 51EB851F 3 51EB851F 0 3
125 10624DD3 3 10624DD3 0 3
625 68DB8BAD 8 D1B71759 0 9
Table 10-2. Some Magic Numbers for W = 64
  Signed Unsigned 
d M (hex) s M (hex) a s
−5 9999999999999999 1   
−3 5555555555555555 1   
−2k 7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF k-1   
1 - - 0 1 0
2k 8000000000000001 k-1 264-k 0 0
3 5555555555555556 0 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB 0 1
5 6666666666666667 ...

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