Pierre Abbat wrote:
> Gosper's representation uses seven digits, the sixth roots of 1 and 0,
> in base 2.5+sqrt(-3/4).
Where do I find out more about that?
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>This led to a discussion as to whether or not it is possible to have a number
>system based on a non-integer base. Maybe the great minds of GIMPS
>can contribute to this.
Base phi is easy to compute in. The similar Fibonacci representation counts the
integers as follows:
0,1,10,100,101,1000,100