Roy Smith wrote:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dan Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But there's no reason other than tradition why you should arrange them
into groups of 10.
Well, it is traditional for people to have 10 fingers :-)
Other fun things to think about are negative bases. For example, 3(10) =
111(-2). That's 1*(-2)^2 + 1*(-2)^1 + 1*(-2)^0 = 4 - 2 + 1. I can't
think of any use for negative bases, but they are a fun game to play with
(if you're into that sort of stuff).
Non-integer bases are fun too.
If you think those are fun, try base (1j - 1)
--Scott David Daniels
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