On the number of iterations required by Von Neumann addition
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 35 (2001) no. 2, pp. 187-206.

We investigate the number of iterations needed by an addition algorithm due to Burks et al. if the input is random. Several authors have obtained results on the average case behaviour, mainly using analytic techniques based on generating functions. Here we take a more probabilistic view which leads to a limit theorem for the distribution of the random number of steps required by the algorithm and also helps to explain the limiting logarithmic periodicity as a simple discretization phenomenon.

Classification : 68Q25, 65Y20
Mots-clés : carry propagation, limit distributions, total variation distance, logarithmic periodicity, Gumbel distributions, discretization, large deviations 
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Grübel, Rudolf; Reimers, Anke. On the number of iterations required by Von Neumann addition. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 35 (2001) no. 2, pp. 187-206. http://www.numdam.org/item/ITA_2001__35_2_187_0/

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