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It's binary with the central dot/ding being the leading 1 and then toward the right a ring is 0 a ring,ding is 1 The ring represents a doubling of its conten
by tromp 5y ago
It's binary with the central dot/ding being the leading 1 and then toward the right
a ring is 0
a ring,ding is 1
The ring represents a doubling of its contents.
The special case for the leading bit could be avoided by always having an innermost empty ring. That would also give you a better (i.e. visible) representation for 0. The addition rule ensures that you always have exactly 1 leading 0.
- whatshisface 5y agoIt's not binary because all of the intermediate results shown during the videos are also valid numbers. It's actually an (upside down so as not to spoil it for anyone) ˙ǝuo ɟo uoıʇıppɐ ʇuǝsǝɹdǝɹ sʇop ǝɥʇ puɐ 'oʍʇ ʎq pǝıןdıʇןnɯ sʇuǝʇuoɔ ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ sısǝɥʇuǝɹɐd ʇuǝsǝɹdǝɹ sǝןɔɹıɔ ǝɹǝɥʍ uoıssǝɹdxǝ ɔıʇǝɯɥʇıɹ∀
- taejo 5y agoFrom the article: > The rings must be nested. The innermost ring must have a ding. No region can have more than one ding. Those are the only rules. According to these rules the intermediate results are not valid numbers