THE CALIPER RULE AS A PARTICULAR CASE OF RESIDUE NUMBER SYSTEM ARITHMETIC

Roberto Lojacono
Abstract:
The caliper rule is generally considered as a particular tool, which renders a scale more readable. This paper shows that this rule can be viewed, from a theoretical point of view, as the way to realize a small “virtual unity”. This virtual unity can be used in determining the conversion between different units and can represent the basic unity of a particular measurement system, which gives the results of the measurements directly in RNS arithmetic.
Keywords:
residue number system, scale, caliper
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IMEKO-TC7-2004-132.pdf
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC7
Event name:
TC7 Symposium 2004
Title:

10th Symposium on Advances of Measurement Science

Place:
St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
Time:
30 June 2004 - 02 July 2004