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From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it>
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Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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=20
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 <=20
base < 1 in mind. And the contruction of the exponential functions (as=20
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"=20
-- Galileo

"Those who do not know mathematics do not elevate themselves of one=20
palm from the ground" (rough tranlation).





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