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Appendix A<br />

CONVERSION<br />

A.1 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Number</str<strong>on</strong>g>s<br />

The basic numbers types can be expressed in boundary notati<strong>on</strong>. For each number<br />

type below, the general structure <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> that type is given in boundary form followed by<br />

some examples.<br />

Standard Boundary<br />

Zero 0<br />

Natural n :::<br />

1 <br />

2 <br />

Integer i n or <br />

,1 <br />

,2 <br />

Rati<strong>on</strong>al q ([i 1 ])<br />

2=3 ([])<br />

1=4 ()<br />

Algebraic Irrati<strong>on</strong>al r (([[q 1 ]][q 2 ])) or r 1 ([r 2 ]([[r 3 ]][r 4 ]))<br />

3p<br />

7 (([[]]))<br />

p<br />

2=2 (([[]]))<br />

Complex c r 1 ([r 2 ]([J]))<br />

i (([J]))<br />

2+4i ([]([J]))<br />

Transcendental e ()<br />

(J[J]([J]))<br />

i []

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