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> built on "math" or "numbers" but could be built on bits

That reads strange, what is the difference besides the range of numbers?

Maybe bitwise operations instead of arithmetic?

arithmetic is implemented as bitwise operations so i’m still confused. the lower the precision / smaller range of values you choose to represent means fewer bitwise operations are required.

Maybe something like this: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06071

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