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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 5P9, Canada

    Aiden A. Bruen

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    Trevor C. Bruen

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Bruen, A.A., Bruen, T.C. The Basics of Bases. Math Intelligencer 32, 49–55 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9149-4

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