Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:25:25 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy Message-ID: <20010128.252500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpbssspmes.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <14963.8033.752142.149320@guru.mired.org> <20010127.20140200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <14963.13797.116165.382738@guru.mired.org> <20010127.22394200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <14963.21950.110019.468965@guru.mired.org> <20010127.23473800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <xzpbssspmes.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/28/01, 1:09:47 AM, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> wrote=20 regarding Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy: > Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> writes: > > I was thinking of a *positional* system of the kind a*(base raised t= o > > 0) + b * (base raised to 1) + ... > Yes. > 11111 in unary is 1*(1^0) + 1*(1^1) + 1*(1^2) + 1*(1^3) + 1*(1^4). This ahem "system" is a little curious: eg how do you represent, erm,=20 0 ? With bells (and whistles) ? :-) With just one symbol, you are somewhat limited, aren't you ? OTOH, 0=20 is (maybe) the most important number in the history of maths... Ok,ok,=20 I have too much Algebra and Analysis in mind. :-)=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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