    deferred class
    	NUMERIC

    General
    	cluster: base
    	description:
    		"Objects to which numerical operations are applicable%"

    		Note: The model is that of a commutative ring."

    Ancestors
    	DEBUG_OUTPUT*

    Queries
    	divisible (other: [like Current] NUMERIC): BOOLEAN
    	exponentiable (other: NUMERIC): BOOLEAN
    	infix "*" (other: [like Current] NUMERIC): [like Current] NUMERIC
    	infix "+" (other: [like Current] NUMERIC): [like Current] NUMERIC
    	infix "-" (other: [like Current] NUMERIC): [like Current] NUMERIC
    	infix "/" (other: [like Current] NUMERIC): [like Current] NUMERIC
    	one: [like Current] NUMERIC
    	prefix "+": [like Current] NUMERIC
    	prefix "-": [like Current] NUMERIC
    	zero: [like Current] NUMERIC