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 values in the range $b_{min}$ to $b_{max}$, defined as follows: Let $K$
 be 1 for a two's complement representation and 0 for a ones' complement
 or sign-magnitude representation. $b_{max}$ is the smallest value
-greater than or equal to $max(|e_{min}| - K, |e_{max}|)$ and equal to
+greater than or equal to $max(|e_{min}| - K, e_{max})$ and equal to
 $2^M-1$, where $M$ is a non-negative integer. $b_{min}$ is zero if
 $e_{min}$ is non-negative and $-(b_{max}+K)$ otherwise. The size of the
 smallest bit-field large enough to hold all the values of the