Baseless number system Posted by gokce on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @06:59AM from the gokcehan.github.io dept. http://gokcehan.github.io/2013/07/03/baseless-number-system.html ( 2 comments | 2 points | on HN )
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x + 1
x² + 2x + 1
x³ + 3x² + 3x + 1
...
You can think of Pascal's triangle as repeated multiplication by (x + 1).
(i.e. (x+1) = 1x^1 + 1x^0 => 1:1)
it makes sense, haven't thought about it..