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A comment on Irrational Base Number System (2000). Parent comment
The symbol 0 doesn’t mean anything rather than like it’s etymology it’s the absence of anything.
1__
Is the same as
100
So it’s the position more than anything right?
Depends on the base of the position
1_
Could mean 2 for example
Could mean 4 or 100 for example
11_ as 4 in Gray code :p
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The symbol 0 doesn’t mean anything rather than like it’s etymology it’s the absence of anything.
1__
Is the same as
100
So it’s the position more than anything right?
Depends on the base of the position
1_
Could mean 2 for example
1__
Could mean 4 or 100 for example
11_ as 4 in Gray code :p