Additive and Positional Numerical Systems

Cinzia Florio

Chapter Chapter 3 in The Mathematical Enigma of Guamán Poma’s Yupana, 2025, pp 17-20 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, the concepts of additive and positional number systems and their differences are explained in a simple way, understandable even to experts in other fields (humanists in a general sense).

Keywords: Quipu; Additive numbers; Positional numbers; Place value; Number systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-92662-4_3

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