Representable Numbers with 1 Small Step Chains 2* 2 @(p)+@(q) legend: 1st column: number of terms in sum (1-bits in binary representation) 2nd column: a star indicates constructable by a star-chain 3rd column: number of parameters for this family p,q are free variables for non negative integer values @(.) means 2^(.) all 2-power exponents are strictly montonic decreasing ordered in the sum representation of each parametric family