Characteristics of Floating Point Numbers (cont.)
	3. Normalization of mantissa causes a “hole at zero” With same example:    Smallest non-normalized +ve is 0.01x2(-1+1)=0.12510    Smallest normalized +ve is        0.10x2(-1+1) =0.2510    Get a pattern as follows: 4. Overflow and underflow ä If required exponent exceeds max exponent ä Error message? NaN? ä If required exponent for normalized number is less than min exponent ä Could use denormal numbers ä Could set number to zero ä Could get an error message