%I #8 Aug 09 2020 03:16:21

%S 151,96,76,66,59,55,51,49,47,45,43,42,41,40,39,38,37,37,36,36,35,35,

%T 34,34,33,33,33,32,32,32,31,31,31,31,31,30,30,30,30,29,29,29,29,29,29,

%U 29,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,26,26,26,26

%N a(n) is the least number of repetitions such that the result of the repeated execution of the division f <- f/n started at f=1 produces 0, when the division is performed using 32-bit single precision floats according to the IEEE 754 standard.

%C See A336774 for more information and links.

%C In contrast to multiplication (A336776), a larger range of values can be used in division by using leading zeros in the significands. The underflow gap is filled by using denormal numbers, also called subnormal numbers.

%H Hugo Pfoertner, <a href="/A336777/a336777.txt">Comparison with 128-bit results</a>, range n=2..128, computed on x86-64 architecture.

%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denormal_number">Denormal number</a>.

%Y Cf. A336774, A336775, A336776, A336778, A337779, A336780, A336781.

%K nonn,fini

%O 2,1

%A _Hugo Pfoertner_, Aug 07 2020