It's worth highlighting that this works for all bit widths, including infinite. When working with infinite representations, the theoretical analogue is p-adic n

It's worth highlighting that this works for all bit widths, including infinite. When working with infinite representations, the theoretical analogue is p-adic numbers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-adic_number https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-adic_number