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Division

N.B.: Under construction!

\[ \begin{align} a &= a_m \cdot 2^{a_e - 23}\\ b &= b_m \cdot 2^{b_e - 23} \end{align} \]
\[ a/b = \frac{a_m}{b_m} \cdot 2^{(a_e - b_e + 23) - 23} \]
\[ \begin{align} q &:= \left\lfloor \frac{a_m}{b_m} \right\rfloor\\ r &:= a_m \mod b_m\\ \frac{a_m}{b_m} &= q + \frac{r}{b_m} \end{align} \]
\[ a/b = \left(q + \frac{r}{b_m} \right) \cdot 2^{(a_e - b_e + 23) - 23} \]

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