The normalized representation for the above format is specified as follows. The mantissa has an implicit preceding the binary (radix) point. Assume that only $$0's$$ are padded in while shifting a field. The normalized representation of the above $$\left( {0.239 \times {2^{13}}} \right)$$ is
Let $$s, e,$$ and $$m$$ be the numbers represented in binary in the sign, exponent, and mantissa fields respectively. Then the floating point number represented is
$$\left\{ {\matrix{ {{{\left( { - 1} \right)}^s}\left( {1 + m \times {2^{ - 9}}} \right){2^{e - 31}},} & {if\,the\,{\mathop{\rm exponent}\nolimits} \, \ne \,111111} \cr {\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,0} & {otherwise\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,} \cr } } \right.$$
What is the maximum difference between two successive real numbers representable in this system?