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Non-standard positional numeral system

A negative base may be used to construct a non-standard positional numeral system. Like other place-value systems, each position holds multiples of the appropriate power of the system's base; but that base is negative—that is to say, the base b is equal to −r for some natural number r. Wikipedia →

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  4. Read the landmark paper: Dipole bound, nucleic acid base anions studied via negative ion photoelectron spectroscopyCited 252 times
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