by Juan B. Gil and Michael D. Weiner
This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
January, 2008
Subject classification(s):
Algebra and Number Theory | Number Theory | CongruencesApplicable Course(s):
4.3 Number TheoryThis note is on the digital (floating-point) representation in various arithmetic bases of the reciprocal of an integer \( m \). An algorithm is given to change the representation of \( 1/m \) in base \( b \) to its representation in base \( b+mt \) for any integer \( t\).
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Capsule Course Topic(s):
Number Theory | Congruences