Report from the Ambassador to Cida-2.

Cunningham, Clifton

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Publication Date: 2008-Nov

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Report from the Ambassador to Cida-2

Cunningham, Clifton

College Mathematics Journal, v39 n5 p337-345 Nov 2008

An interesting number system is developed in the context of an encounter with alien culture. The resulting system has intriguing parallels and contrasts with our real number system.

Descriptors: Foreign Culture, Number Systems, Mathematics, Number Concepts, Science Fiction

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