Abstract
Romans used letters to denote natural numbers. Language of modern computers utilizes binary representation. Here we describe different ways to represent natural numbers, ending the chapter with an important theorem about prime numbers, already known to Euclid (300 BC).
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Computational Music Science |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 85-87 |
Number of pages | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Computational Music Science |
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ISSN (Print) | 1868-0305 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1868-0313 |
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