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Numeral system
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Decimal representation
A decimal representation of a non-negative real number r is its expression as a sequence of symbols consisting of decimal digits traditionally written with a single separator: Here is the decimal separator, k is a nonnegative integer, and are digits, which are symbols representing integers in the range 0, ..., 9. Commonly, if The sequence of the —the digits after the dot—is generally infinite. If it is finite, the lacking digits are assumed to be 0.