From 8a08baee9a77c6dfb16b8e7082f03b6a6f93cac7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Winans Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:50:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Improve wording in 'subtracting unsigned numbers' --- book/binary/chapter.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/binary/chapter.tex b/book/binary/chapter.tex index 30613dc..e2696bf 100644 --- a/book/binary/chapter.tex +++ b/book/binary/chapter.tex @@ -822,8 +822,8 @@ When adding, {\em unsigned overflow} occurs when ever there is a carry When subtracting {\em unsigned} numbers, an overflow only occurs when the subtrahend is greater than the minuend (because in those cases the -different would have to be negative and there are no negative values -that can be represented with an unsigned binary number.) +difference would be negative but no negative values +can be represented with an unsigned binary number.) \autoref{sum:3-4} illustrates an unsigned overflow during subtraction: