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Compact numeral representation with combinators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

E. V. Krishnamurthy  and
B. P. Vickers
E. V. Krishnamurthy
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
B. P. Vickers
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the combinator representation of numeral systems with logarithmic space complexity of symbols. The principle used is based on the lexicographic ordering of words over a finite alphabet.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , June 1987 , pp. 519 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1987

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