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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (18 children)

we'd only be able to represent bases for numbers with one digit though because what does base 15+1 mean? the 15 could be in any base higher than 5. the clearest way would probably be to just represent it with lines or something "base ||||||||||"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (12 children)

Base 16 is typically represented with letters being used as the extra numerals, so it would end up being F+1. Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (7 children)

what about numbers larger than 16?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are still 20 more letters that can be used as stand-ins. Things will get interesting if you try to go past Base 36, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

this is exactly what i was trying to get at

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Make up a new symbol?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Or use ancient scripts like Phoenician or Glagolitic.

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