mathematical statement - a statement of a mathematical relation

notation, notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

number representation system, number system, numeration system, system of numeration - any notation for the representation of numbers

binary notation - any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1)

decimal notation - any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)

octal notation - any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)

hexadecimal notation, sexadecimal notation - any notation that uses 16 different characters

sign - a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign"

decimal point, percentage point - the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

exponent, index, power - a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

radical sign, radical - a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted

fixed-point notation, fixed-point representation system - a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention

floating-point notation, floating-point representation system - a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; the floating-point representation of 0.0012 is 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent

infix notation - a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence; operators are dispersed among the operands

parenthesis-free notation - a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components