The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Suppl, Volume 16Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 9
Page 615
... multiplication , subject to the usual nine laws of addition and multiplication obeyed by rational num- bers . In particular the marks may be taken to be the set X of non - negative integers less than a prime p . If this is so , then ...
... multiplication , subject to the usual nine laws of addition and multiplication obeyed by rational num- bers . In particular the marks may be taken to be the set X of non - negative integers less than a prime p . If this is so , then ...
Page 639
... multiplication , comparison , or other simple op- memory A digital computer typically consists of a control unit , an arithmetic - logic unit , a memory unit , and input / output units , as illustrated in Figure 1. The control unit ...
... multiplication , comparison , or other simple op- memory A digital computer typically consists of a control unit , an arithmetic - logic unit , a memory unit , and input / output units , as illustrated in Figure 1. The control unit ...
Page 649
... multiplication , or division in each digit position is per- formed using the abacus simply as registers to store initial numbers and final results . In this sense , the abacus is not a true computer . In an analog computer ...
... multiplication , or division in each digit position is per- formed using the abacus simply as registers to store initial numbers and final results . In this sense , the abacus is not a true computer . In an analog computer ...
Contents
CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
Copyright | |
40 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
20th century administration agricultural army Basin became Buddhism canon law capital central centre Ch'ing Chekiang Chicago Chile Chinese Chou Christ Christian church cities Communist Confucian culture divine doctrine dynasty early east eastern economic emperor empire established foreign Fukien groups Hai-nan Han Chinese Han dynasty Holy Honan Hopeh Huai Huang Hui Chinese human Hunan Hupeh Imperial important industrial Inner Mongolia Japanese Jesus Kansu Kiangsi Kwangtung Kweichow Lake land Liaoning major Manchu Manchuria ment military Ming Ming dynasty modern Mongol Mountains Nationalist North China North China Plain northeast northern northwest officials organized Orthodox Peking period Plain plateau political population prefectures produced province reform reign Revolution River Roman Shang Shanghai Shantung Shensi shih Sinkiang social soils southeast southern Soviet Sung Szechwan T'ang Taoist Tibet Tibetan tion trade tradition Valley Western Yangtze Yüan Yunnan