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The Wheel of Rational Numbers as an Abstract Data Type

Jan A. Bergstra, John Tucker Orcid Logo

Recent Trends in Algebraic Development Techniques, Volume: Springer LNCS 12669, Pages: 13 - 30

Swansea University Author: John Tucker Orcid Logo

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In an arithmetical structure one can make division a total function by defining 1/0 to be an element of the structure, or by adding a new element such as infinity ∞ or error element ⊥. A wheel is an algebra in which division is totalised by setting 1/0 = ∞ but which also contains an error element ⊥...

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Published in: Recent Trends in Algebraic Development Techniques
ISBN: 9783030737849 9783030737856
ISSN: 0302-9743 1611-3349
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021
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