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Detecting overflow in summation
Suppose I am given an array of $n$ fixed width integers (i.e. they fit in a register of width $w$), $a_1, a_2, \dots a_n$. I want to compute the sum $S = a_1 + \ldots + a_n$ on a machine with 2's ...
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Overflow safe summation
Suppose I am given $n$ fixed width integers (i.e. they fit in a register of width $w$), $a_1, a_2, \dots a_n$ such that their sum $a_1 + a_2 + \dots + a_n = S$ also fits in a register of width $w$.
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