Title :
A New Representation for Decimal Numbers
Author_Institution :
Department of Information Science, University of Tasmania
Abstract :
A new representation for decimal numbers is proposed. It uses a mixture of positive and negative radixes to ensure that the maximum value of a four bit decimal digit is 9. This eliminates the more complex carry generation process required in BCD addition.
Keywords :
Decimal arithmetic, negative bases, number systems.; Arithmetic; Counting circuits; History; Information science; Decimal arithmetic, negative bases, number systems.;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1977.1674792
