Definition:Multi-Digit Integer

Definition

Let $b \in \N_{>1}$ be a natural number greater than $1$.

An $n$-digit integer base $b$ is an integer which has no more than $n$ digits when expressed in base $b$.

That is, it is strictly less than $b^n$.

Sources

• 1998: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $4.3$: Multiple Precision Arithmetic: $4.3.1$ The Classical Algorithms