Definition:Ternary Notation

Definition

Ternary notation is the technique of expressing numbers in base $3$.

That is, every number $x \in \R$ is expressed in the form:

$\ds x = \sum_{j \mathop \in \Z} r_j 3^j$

where:

$\forall j \in \Z: r_j \in \set {0, 1, 2}$

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Sources

• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ternary representation