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From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy
To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it>
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I have no idea what most of that means. I can gather
vague concepts, but it's still beautiful. I can't wait
until I start taking more math classes. <sigh>

Ty
--- Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> On 1/28/01, 12:11:58 AM, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
> wrote regarding Re: 
> OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy:
> 
> 
> > Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> types:
> > > [ redirected to -chat before somebody flames
> both of us :-) ]
> 
> > Good idea!
> 
> 
> > I would call it teaching your mother to suck eggs,
> but...
> 
> 
> 
> I was making my standpoint clear and (hopefully)
> unambiguous.
> 
> 
> 
> > Nope, only 0 is exempt. Unary is usually the first
> notational systems
> > ones learns for representing numbers, and is
> almost certainly the
> > first one discovered by humanity. It's probably
> used by more people
> > than binary.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 
> 
> I was thinking of a *positional* system of the kind
> a*(base raised to 
> 0) + b * (base raised to 1) + ...
> 
> 
> 
> > Now, if you want to get *really* wierd, start
> thinking about bases
> > that have an absolute value of less than 1.
> 
> 
> Erm, yes. Actually, I have continuous homomorphisms
> R -> R+  with 0 < 
> base < 1 in mind. And the contruction of the
> exponential functions (as 
> well as the topological theorems involved in it) IS
> beautiful. :-))
> 
> Salvo
> 
> 
> 
> "Chi non sa di matematica non si eleva di un sol
> palmo da terra" 
> -- Galileo
> 
> "Those who do not know mathematics do not elevate
> themselves of one 
> palm from the ground" (rough tranlation).
> 
> 
> 
> 
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