The Residue Number System

• Published in: IRE transactions on electronic computers Vol. EC-8; no. 2; pp. 140 - 147
• Main Author: Garner, Harvey L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.1959
• Subjects: Arithmetic

A novel number system called the residue number system is developed from the linear congruence viewpoint. The residue number system is of particular interest because the arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction and multiplication may be executed in the same period of time without the need for...