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LICENSE

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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014 Jordan Orelli
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.

README.md

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+# lexnum
+
+lexnum provides a lexicographic encoding of numbers.  It is based off of the
+ideas presented in [Peter Seymour's Efficient Lexicographic Encoding of
+Numbers](elen.pdf).  The paper's original source can be found at
+[http://www.zanopha.com/docs/elen.pdf](http://www.zanopha.com/docs/elen.pdf),
+but it is re-hosted [here](elen.pdf) for posterity.