diminished radix complement

diminished radix complement (plural diminished radix complements)

1. The number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in ${\displaystyle r^{n}-1}$ . In binary (${\displaystyle r=2}$ ), this is the ones' complement; in decimal (${\displaystyle r=10}$ ), this is the nines' complement.

   The diminished radix complement of ${\displaystyle 01100101_{2}}$ is ${\displaystyle 10011010_{2}}$ .

   The diminished radix complement of ${\displaystyle 138053_{10}}$ is ${\displaystyle 861946_{10}}$ .

   The diminished radix complement of ${\displaystyle 0423102_{5}}$ is ${\displaystyle 4021342_{5}}$ .

• complement
• radix complement