Boost.Multiprecision vs LibTomMath

Boost.Multiprecision

Boost.Multiprecision (by boostorg)

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LibTomMath

LibTomMath is a free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library written entirely in C. (by libtom)

Math Mpi Libtommath C multi-precision

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Boost.Multiprecision		LibTomMath
	Project
1	Mentions	2
176	Stars	629
1.7%	Growth	1.3%
8.0	Activity	8.0
6 days ago	Latest Commit	14 days ago
C++	Language	C
Boost Software License 1.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Boost.Multiprecision

Posts with mentions or reviews of Boost.Multiprecision. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-13.

What is something you always thought about computers to be true but found later that you were wrong all along?
2 projects | /r/compsci | 13 Jun 2022

LibTomMath

Posts with mentions or reviews of LibTomMath. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-24.

How to convert a large decimal number in string form to base 2^16 in C?
3 projects | /r/learnprogramming | 24 Aug 2022
A language that lets you use large numbers
1 project | /r/AskComputerScience | 25 Oct 2021

If you want arbitrary-precision arithmetic in C, you can use libtommath.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Boost.Multiprecision and LibTomMath you can also consider the following projects:

Eigen

TinyExpr - tiny recursive descent expression parser, compiler, and evaluation engine for math expressions

GLM - OpenGL Mathematics (GLM)

blaze

OpenBLAS - OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version.

QuantLib - The QuantLib C++ library

CGal - The public CGAL repository, see the README below

MIRACL - MIRACL Cryptographic SDK: Multiprecision Integer and Rational Arithmetic Cryptographic Library is a C software library that is widely regarded by developers as the gold standard open source SDK for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).

ceres-solver - A large scale non-linear optimization library

muparser - muparser is a fast math parser library for C/C++ with (optional) OpenMP support.

ExprTK - C++ Mathematical Expression Parsing And Evaluation Library https://www.partow.net/programming/exprtk/index.html

metamath - Meta mathematics. Symbolic functions and derivatives.