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2011 The arithmetic of trees
Adriano Bruno, Dan Yasaki
Involve 4(1): 1-11 (2011). DOI: 10.2140/involve.2011.4.1

Abstract

The arithmetic of the natural numbers can be extended to arithmetic operations on planar binary trees. This gives rise to a noncommutative arithmetic theory. In this exposition, we describe this arithmetree, first defined by Loday, and investigate prime trees.

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Adriano Bruno. Dan Yasaki. "The arithmetic of trees." Involve 4 (1) 1 - 11, 2011. https://doi.org/10.2140/involve.2011.4.1

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Received: 3 June 2008; Revised: 19 May 2011; Accepted: 20 May 2011; Published: 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1233.05088
MathSciNet: MR2838257
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/involve.2011.4.1

Subjects:
Primary: 05C05
Secondary: 03H15

Keywords: arithmetree , planar binary trees

Rights: Copyright © 2011 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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