List of numeral systems

This is a list of numeral systems, that is, writing systems for expressing numbers.

By culture / time period

Name Base Sample Approx. First Appearance
Proto-cuneiform numerals
Proto-Elamite numerals
Sumerican numerals12+603,100 BCE
Egyptian numerals10
3,000 BCE
Elamite numerals
Indus numerals
Babylonian numerals12+60 2,000 BCE
Chinese numerals
Japanese numerals
Korean numerals (Sino-Korean)
Vietnamese numerals (Sino-Vietnamese)
10

零一二三四五六七八九十百千萬億 (Default, Traditional Chinese)
〇一二三四五六七八九十百千万亿 (Default, Simplified Chinese)
零壹貳參肆伍陸柒捌玖拾佰仟萬億 (Financial, T. Chinese)
零壹贰叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾佰仟萬億 (Financial, S. Chinese)

1,600 BCE
Aegean numerals10𐄇 𐄈 𐄉 𐄊 𐄋 𐄌 𐄍 𐄎 𐄏  ( )
𐄐 𐄑 𐄒 𐄓 𐄔 𐄕 𐄖 𐄗 𐄘  ( )
𐄙 𐄚 𐄛 𐄜 𐄝 𐄞 𐄟 𐄠 𐄡  ( )
𐄢 𐄣 𐄤 𐄥 𐄦 𐄧 𐄨 𐄩 𐄪  ( )
𐄫 𐄬 𐄭 𐄮 𐄯 𐄰 𐄱 𐄲 𐄳  ( )
1,500 BCE
Bengali numerals10০ ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯1,400 BCE
Roman numeralsI V X L C D M1,000 BCE
Hebrew numerals10א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט
י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ
ק ר ש ת ך ם ן ף ץ
800 BCE
Indian numerals10Tamil ௧ ௨ ௩ ௪ ௫ ௬ ௭ ௮ ௯ ௰

Devanagari ० १ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८ ९
Tibetan ༠ ༡ ༢ ༣ ༤ ༥ ༦ ༧ ༨ ༩

750 – 690 BCE
Greek numerals10ō α β γ δ ε ϝ ζ η θ ι
ο Αʹ Βʹ Γʹ Δʹ Εʹ Ϛʹ Ζʹ Ηʹ Θʹ
<400 BCE
Phoenician numerals10𐤙 𐤘 𐤗 𐤛𐤛𐤛 𐤛𐤛𐤚 𐤛𐤛𐤖 𐤛𐤛 𐤛𐤚 𐤛𐤖 𐤛 𐤚 𐤖 [1]<250 BCE[2]
Chinese rod numerals10𝍠 𝍡 𝍢 𝍣 𝍤 𝍥 𝍦 𝍧 𝍨 𝍩1st Century
Ge'ez numerals10፩ ፪ ፫ ፬ ፭ ፮ ፯ ፰ ፱
፲ ፳ ፴ ፵ ፶ ፷ ፸ ፹ ፺ ፻
3rd – 4th Century
15th Century (Modern Style)[3]
Armenian numerals10Ա Բ Գ Դ Ե Զ Է Ը Թ ԺEarly 5th Century
Khmer numerals10០ ១ ២ ៣ ៤ ៥ ៦ ៧ ៨ ៩Early 7th Century
Thai numerals10๐ ๑ ๒ ๓ ๔ ๕ ๖ ๗ ๘ ๙7th Century[4]
Abjad numerals10غ ظ ض ذ خ ث ت ش ر ق ص ف ع س ن م ل ك ي ط ح ز و هـ د ج ب ا<8th Century
Eastern Arabic numerals10٩ ٨ ٧ ٦ ٥ ٤ ٣ ٢ ١ ٠8th Century
Vietnamese numerals (Chữ Nôm)10𠬠 𠄩 𠀧 𦊚 𠄼 𦒹 𦉱 𠔭 𠃩<9th Century
Western Arabic numerals100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 99th Century
Glagolitic numerals10Ⰰ Ⰱ Ⰲ Ⰳ Ⰴ Ⰵ Ⰶ Ⰷ Ⰸ ...9th Century
Cyrillic numerals10а в г д е ѕ з и ѳ і ...10th Century
Burmese numerals10၀ ၁ ၂ ၃ ၄ ၅ ၆ ၇ ၈ ၉11th Century[5]
Tangut numerals10𘈩 𗍫 𘕕 𗥃 𗏁 𗤁 𗒹 𘉋 𗢭 𗰗11th Century (1036)
Cistercian numerals1013th Century
Maya numerals5+20 <15th Century
Muisca numerals20<15th Century
Korean numerals (Hangul)10하나 둘 셋 넷 다섯 여섯 일곱 여덟 아홉 열15th Century (1443)
Aztec numerals2016th Century
Sinhala numerals10෦ ෧ ෨ ෩ ෪ ෫ ෬ ෭ ෮ ෯ 𑇡 𑇢 𑇣
𑇤 𑇥 𑇦 𑇧 𑇨 𑇩 𑇪 𑇫 𑇬 𑇭 𑇮 𑇯 𑇰 𑇱 𑇲 𑇳 𑇴
<18th Century
Pentimal runes1019th Century
Kaktovik Inupiaq numerals5+2020th Century (1994)

By type of notation

Numeral systems are classified here as to whether they use positional notation (also known as place-value notation), and further categorized by radix or base.

Standard positional numeral systems

A binary clock might use LEDs to express binary values. In this clock, each column of LEDs shows a binary-coded decimal numeral of the traditional sexagesimal time.

The common names are derived somewhat arbitrarily from a mix of Latin and Greek, in some cases including roots from both languages within a single name.[6] There have been some proposals for standardisation.[7]

BaseNameUsage
2BinaryDigital computing, imperial and customary volume (bushel-kenning-peck-gallon-pottle-quart-pint-cup-gill-jack-fluid ounce-tablespoon)
3TernaryCantor set (all points in [0,1] that can be represented in ternary with no 1s); counting Tasbih in Islam; hand-foot-yard and teaspoon-tablespoon-shot measurement systems; most economical integer base
4QuaternaryData transmission, DNA bases and Hilbert curves; Chumashan languages, and Kharosthi numerals
5QuinaryGumatj, Ateso, Nunggubuyu, Kuurn Kopan Noot, and Saraveca languages; common count grouping e.g. tally marks
6SenaryDiceware, Ndom, Kanum, and Proto-Uralic language (suspected)
7SeptenaryWeeks timekeeping, Western music letter notation
8OctalCharles XII of Sweden, Unix-like permissions, Squawk codes, DEC PDP-11, compact notation for binary numbers, Xiantian (I Ching, China)
9NonaryBase9 encoding; compact notation for ternary
10Decimal / DenaryMost widely used by modern civilizations[8][9][10]
11UndecimalJokingly proposed during the French Revolution to settle a dispute between those proposing a shift to duodecimal and those who were content with decimal; check digit in ISBN. A base-11 number system was attributed to the Māori (New Zealand) in the 19th century and the Pangwa (Tanzania) in the 20th century.[11][12]
12DuodecimalLanguages in the Nigerian Middle Belt Janji, Gbiri-Niragu, Piti, and the Nimbia dialect of Gwandara; Chepang language of Nepal, and the Mahl dialect of Maldivian; dozen-gross-great gross counting; 12-hour clock and months timekeeping; years of Chinese zodiac; foot and inch; Roman fractions; penny and shilling
13TridecimalBase13 encoding; Conway base 13 function
14TetradecimalProgramming for the HP 9100A/B calculator[13] and image processing applications;[14] pound and stone
15PentadecimalTelephony routing over IP, and the Huli language
16HexadecimalBase16 encoding; compact notation for binary data; tonal system; ounce and pound
17HeptadecimalBase17 encoding
18OctodecimalBase18 encoding
19EnneadecimalBase19 encoding
20VigesimalBasque, Celtic, Maya, Muisca, Inuit, Yoruba, Tlingit, and Dzongkha numerals; Santali, and Ainu languages; shilling and pound
21UnvigesimalBase21 encoding; also the smallest base where all of 1/2 to 1/18 have periods of 4 or shorter.
22DuovigesimalBase22 encoding
23TrivigesimalKalam language, Kobon language
24Tetravigesimal24-hour clock timekeeping; Kaugel language
25PentavigesimalBase25 encoding
26HexavigesimalBase26 encoding; sometimes used for encryption or ciphering,[15] using all letters
27Heptavigesimal SeptemvigesimalTelefol and Oksapmin languages. Mapping the nonzero digits to the alphabet and zero to the space is occasionally used to provide checksums for alphabetic data such as personal names,[16] to provide a concise encoding of alphabetic strings,[17] or as the basis for a form of gematria.[18] Compact notation for ternary.
28OctovigesimalBase28 encoding; months timekeeping
29EnneavigesimalBase29
30TrigesimalThe Natural Area Code, this is the smallest base such that all of 1/2 to 1/6 terminate, a number n is a regular number if and only if 1/n terminates in base 30
31UntrigesimalBase31
32DuotrigesimalBase32 encoding and the Ngiti language
33TritrigesimalUse of letters (except I, O, Q) with digits in vehicle registration plates of Hong Kong
34TetratrigesimalUsing all numbers and all letters except I and O; the smallest base where 1/2 terminates and all of 1/2 to 1/18 have periods of 4 or shorter.
35PentatrigesimalUsing all numbers and all letters except O
36HexatrigesimalBase36 encoding; use of letters with digits
37HeptatrigesimalBase37; using all numbers and all letters of the Spanish alphabet
38OctotrigesimalBase38 encoding; use all duodecimal digits and all letters
40QuadragesimalDEC RADIX 50/MOD40 encoding used to compactly represent file names and other symbols on Digital Equipment Corporation computers. The character set is a subset of ASCII consisting of space, upper case letters, the punctuation marks "$", ".", and "%", and the numerals.
42DuoquadragesimalBase42 encoding
45PentaquadragesimalBase45 encoding
48OctoquadragesimalBase48 encoding
49EnneaquadragesimalCompact notation for septenary
50QuinquagesimalBase50 encoding; SQUOZE encoding used to compactly represent file names and other symbols on some IBM computers. Encoding using all Gurmukhi characters plus the Gurmukhi digits.
52DuoquinquagesimalBase52 encoding, a variant of Base62 without vowels[19] or a variant of Base26 using all lower and upper case letters.
54TetraquinquagesimalBase54 encoding
56HexaquinquagesimalBase56 encoding, a variant of Base58[20]
57HeptaquinquagesimalBase57 encoding, a variant of Base62 excluding I, O, l, U, and u[21] or I, 1, l, 0, and O [22]
58OctoquinquagesimalBase58 encoding, a variant of Base62 excluding 0 (zero), I (capital i), O (capital o) and l (lower case L).[23]
60SexagesimalBabylonian numerals; NewBase60 encoding, similar to Base62, excluding I, O, and l, but including _(underscore);[24] degrees-minutes-seconds and hours-minutes-seconds measurement systems; Ekari and Sumerian languages
62DuosexagesimalBase62 encoding, using 0–9, A–Z, and a–z
64TetrasexagesimalBase64 encoding; I Ching in China.
This system is conveniently coded into ASCII by using the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet in both upper and lower case (52 total) plus 10 numerals (62 total) and then adding two special characters (for example, YouTube video codes use the hyphen and underscore characters, - and _ to total 64).
72DuoseptuagesimalBase72 encoding
80OctogesimalBase80 encoding
81UnoctogesimalBase81 encoding, using as 81=34 is related to ternary
85PentoctogesimalAscii85 encoding. This is the minimum number of characters needed to encode a 32 bit number into 5 printable characters in a process similar to MIME-64 encoding, since 855 is only slightly bigger than 232. Such method is 6.7% more efficient than MIME-64 which encodes a 24 bit number into 4 printable characters.
90NonagesimalRelated to Goormaghtigh conjecture for the generalized repunit numbers.
91UnnonagesimalBase91 encoding, using all ASCII except "-" (0x2D), "\" (0x5C), and "'" (0x27); one variant uses "\" (0x5C) in place of """ (0x22).
92DuononagesimalBase92 encoding, using all of ASCII except for "`" (0x60) and """ (0x22) due to confusability.[25]
93TrinonagesimalBase93 encoding, using all of ASCII printable characters except for "," (0x27) and "-" (0x3D) as well as the Space character. "," is reserved for delimiter and "-" is reserved for negation.[26]
94TetranonagesimalBase94 encoding, using all of ASCII printable characters.[27]
95PentanonagesimalBase95 encoding, a variant of Base94 with the addition of the Space character.[28]
96HexanonagesimalBase96 encoding, using all of ASCII printable characters as well as the two extra duodecimal digits
100CentesimalAs 100=102, these are two decimal digits
120CentevigesimalBase120 encoding
121CenteunvigesimalRelated to base 11
125CentepentavigesimalRelated to base 5
128CenteoctovigesimalUsing as 128=27
144CentetetraquadragesimalTwo duodecimal digits
256DuocentehexaquinquagesimalBase256 encoding, as 256=28
360TrecentosexagesimalDegrees for angle

Bijective numeration

BaseNameUsage
1Unary (Bijective base-1)Tally marks
2Bijective base-2
3Bijective base-3
4Bijective base-4
5Bijective base-5
6Bijective base-6
8Bijective base-8
10Bijective base-10
12Bijective base-12
16Bijective base-16
26Bijective base-26Spreadsheet column numeration. Also used by John Nash as part of his obsession with numerology and the uncovering of "hidden" messages.[29]

Signed-digit representation

BaseNameUsage
2Balanced binary (Non-adjacent form)
3Balanced ternaryTernary computers
4Balanced quaternary
5Balanced quinary
6Balanced senary
7Balanced septenary
8Balanced octal
9Balanced nonary
10Balanced decimalJohn Colson
Augustin Cauchy
11Balanced undecimal
12Balanced duodecimal

Negative bases

The common names of the negative base numeral systems are formed using the prefix nega-, giving names such as:

BaseNameUsage
−2Negabinary
−3Negaternary
−4Negaquaternary
−5Negaquinary
−6Negasenary
−8Negaoctal
−10Negadecimal
−12Negaduodecimal
−16Negahexadecimal

Complex bases

BaseNameUsage
2iQuater-imaginary baserelated to base −4 and base 16
Base related to base −2 and base 4
Base related to base 2
Base related to base 8
Base related to base 2
−1 ± iTwindragon baseTwindragon fractal shape, related to base −4 and base 16
1 ± iNega-Twindragon baserelated to base −4 and base 16

Non-integer bases

BaseNameUsage
Base a rational non-integer base
Base related to duodecimal
Base related to decimal
Base related to base 2
Base related to base 3
Base
Base
Base using in music scale
Base
Base a negative rational non-integer base
Base a negative non-integer base, related to base 2
Base related to decimal
Base related to duodecimal
φGolden ratio baseEarly Beta encoder[30]
ρPlastic number base
ψSupergolden ratio base
Silver ratio base
eBase Lowest radix economy
πBase
eπBase
Base

n-adic number

BaseNameUsage
2Dyadic number
3Triadic number
4Tetradic numberthe same as dyadic number
5Pentadic number
6Hexadic numbernot a field
7Heptadic number
8Octadic numberthe same as dyadic number
9Enneadic numberthe same as triadic number
10Decadic numbernot a field
11Hendecadic number
12Dodecadic numbernot a field

Mixed radix

  • Factorial number system {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...}
  • Even double factorial number system {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, ...}
  • Odd double factorial number system {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ...}
  • Primorial number system {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ...}
  • Fibonorial number system {1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...}
  • {60, 60, 24, 7} in timekeeping
  • {60, 60, 24, 30 (or 31 or 28 or 29), 12} in timekeeping
  • (12, 20) traditional English monetary system (£sd)
  • (20, 18, 13) Maya timekeeping

Other

Non-positional notation

All known numeral systems developed before the Babylonian numerals are non-positional,[31] as are many developed later, such as the Roman numerals. The French Cistercian monks created their own numeral system.

See also

References

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