Analytical and Theoretical Extensions of Double Entry (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Analytical and Theoretical Extensions of Double Entry Recent analysis has revealed that double entry can be represented analytically as two separate partitionings of the same finite point set. One natural consequence of this analysis is conjecture about extending double entry through the discovery or construction of additional bases for partitioning. Any extension must have two vital qualities. First it must be analytically possible. That is, it must be truly an extension not an entirely different information processing model. Second, and equally important, the extension must have practical value. Thus if an extension is analytically possible but cannot be utilized to produce meaningful information, it is not an extension of double entry. It would be only an extension of the analytical model of double entry. A definition of double entry which is consonant with practice and the analytical model is "double entry is a partitioning of unit-dollars-of-account of a firm by source and by present use." Extension of this definition requires that it be feasible mathematically, that a set of operations incorporating this extension is feasible, and that one or more additional characteristics, the bases for these additional partitionings, must be found. Such extensions could be used in two ways. Multiple rather than two partitionings of the unit-dollar-of-account could be made or, two partitionings could be made but on the basis of other than the traditional characteristics. Since two fold partitioning requires no change in traditional operations but the multiple partitioning does, and since both require that additional characteristics be found, only the additional partitionings problem will be considered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.