math/big: multi-precision Floats (starting point)

Implemented:
- +, -, *, /, and some unary ops
- all rounding modes
- basic conversions
- string to float conversion
- tests

Missing:
- float to string conversion, formatting
- handling of +/-0 and +/-inf (under- and overflow)
- various TODOs and cleanups

With precision set to 24 or 53, the results match
float32 or float64 operations exactly (excluding
NaNs and denormalized numbers which will not be
supported).

Change-Id: I3121e90fc4b1528e40bb6ff526008da18b3c6520
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/1218
Reviewed-by: Alan Donovan <adonovan@google.com>
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