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De Bruijn Numerals


A method that I have not seen yet is an encoding by reference depth. Specifically, I refer to a nested de Bruijn index that, by itself, encodes the number: ⟨n⟩d=λS(n)n For example, the decimal number 4 would be encoded as ⟨4⟩d=λ54.

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