# Floating-point operation

> European Union

- Article: Art. 3(67)

## Introduction

Definition of a floating-point operation as referenced in the EU AI Act.

## Content

any mathematical operation or assignment involving floating-point numbers, which are a subset of the real numbers typically represented on computers by an integer of fixed precision scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base;

## Official source
- [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689#art_3)