# \#representation

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## [Extrapolating and interpolating quantities with HTM](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/extrapolating-and-interpolating-quantities-with-htm/10468)

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**Author:** [@seanjhardy](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/seanjhardy)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/extrapolating-and-interpolating-quantities-with-htm/10468 "2023-02-15T18:20:34Z")

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The human brain doesn’t need to build individual interpretations of all the numbers we encounter in daily life. We can utilise our understanding of numbers across domains, 1 million dollars, 5 hours, 500m etc. and also l…

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## [Lexicon Induction From Temporal Structure](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/lexicon-induction-from-temporal-structure/3144)

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**Author:** [@James\_Bowery](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/James_Bowery)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/lexicon-induction-from-temporal-structure/3144 "2018-01-04T13:06:04Z")

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A stream of bits, about which one knows only that it is comprised of some unknown lexicon tokenized as n-bits where n is also unknown, may be thought of as a temporal structure. In other words, the HTM’s challenge is to…