Showing posts with label Negative Numbers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Negative Numbers. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Negative Numbers


•          Negative Numbers
–        Two’s complement of a positive integer a relative to a fixed bit length n is the binary representation of 2^n – a
–        To find an 8-bit complement:
•          Write 8-bit binary representation of the number
•          Flip all bits (one’s complement)
•          Add 1 to the obtained binary
–        Addition of negative numbers