Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 18, 2001, 2:16 |
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:27:24 -0400, Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
wrote:
>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?
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>>Of course they are, but I dont know of any use for them.
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>Why, they're perfect for confusing people!
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>In base .5 we have .1>1>10 (decimal 2>1>.5) for instance.
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>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.