SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 23, 2025John D. Cook

A magical land where rounding equals truncation

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Balanced ternary representation simplifies rounding to truncation, using -1 (T), 0, and 1 as digits, allowing both positive and negative numbers to be represented without a minus sign.

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