Scott David Daniels wrote: > 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.
Pi has an interesting representation in bases between 0 and 1, exclusive. There are a finite number of digits after the radix point, but an infinite number _before_ it. > If you think those are fun, try base (1j - 1) I think Knuth wrote something about complex bases back in the year 1000200000001000000010001. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
