An analysis of nonpositional numeral systems

DOI10.1007/s00283-009-9034-1zbMath1174.01003OpenAlexW2047702420MaRDI QIDQ1026608

Christopher D. Hollings

Publication date: 25 June 2009

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-009-9034-1

zbMATH Keywords

numeral systemsnonpositional notationpositional notation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Ethnomathematics (general) (01A07)

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