[7,8]).Asanalternativetofloating-point,the logarithmicnumbersystemoffersthepotentialtoperformrealmultiplication,division andsquare-rootatfixed-pointspeedand,inthecaseofmultiplyanddivide,withno roundingerroratall.Theseadvantagesare,however,offsetbytheproblemof performinglogarithmicadditionandsubtraction.Hithertothishas...