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Fraction number systems characterized by fixed-slash and floating-slash formats are specified. The structure of arithmetic over such systems is prescribed by the rounding obtained from "best rational approximation." Multitiered precision hierarchies of both the fixed-slash and floating-slash type are described and analyzed with regards to their support of both exact rational and approximate real computation.
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