Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size
by andruby on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:31AM
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Could you expand why base-12 is more beautiful than base-10? Is it because it has more divisors? If so, why not base-2?
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size
by timbit42 on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:28PM
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Yes, many more divisors than 10 which is divisible by only 2 and 5 but not by 3, 4, or 6. If you need to divide by 5 but not by 4, you can use 30, or if you need both 5 and 4, you can use 60.