Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 18, 2001, 17:36 |
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Wayne Chevrier wrote:
>Herman Miller nevesht
>>
>>On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:27:24 -0400, Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
>>wrote:
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>> >Patrick Jarrett wrote:
>> >> > Exept in fractional bases. Like in base .5, 1=.5 in base 10.
>> >> > Maybe I'm wrong. Are fractional bases even possible?
>> >>
>> >>Of course they are, but I dont know of any use for them.
>> >
>> >Why, they're perfect for confusing people!
>> >
>> >In base .5 we have .1>1>10 (decimal 2>1>.5) for instance.
>> >
>> >Irrational bases are even worse, of course ...
>>
>>And what about negative bases? In base -2, 10 < 1, but 100 > 1! Of course,
>>negative irrational bases between 0 and -1 would be worse.
>>
>Don't forget imaginary bases 10=i,100=-1,1000=-i,10000=1
>and there is an possibility of variable bases e.g. factorial base
>10=2;100=6;1000=24;10,000=120;100,000=720 etc.
>in this base e=10.11111111111...
>-Wayne Chevrier
Irrational complex bases are pretty near the bottom.
What about base -e^2+i3e^.5 ? I'm not even going to try to write out what'd
100 in this 'd be in decimal ...
But the final thing is base 1; 100=10=1=.1=.01
Andreas
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