Re: Calénnaw n and a manic digression on numbers
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 21, 2004, 16:16 |
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On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:38:00AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:16:09 -0700, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> wrote:
> > Now, note that 103_9 = 100_9 + 3_9. 100_9 is simply 9*9, which is
> > eighty-one (81_10). In novenus, this is simply 90_N.
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> Huh? Where'd the zero in "90_N" come from?
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> ITYM "89_N" : 9*9 = (8+1)*9 = 8*9 + 9 = 89_N.
You're right, my bad. :-) Sally was right, we're too used to zero, and
it's really hard to think without it.
T
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