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You get non-canonical representations such as 11=3 You could go multiplicative based. So 11 = 2×3. But then you get very difficult addition, comparison, and yo
by rocqua 4y ago
You get non-canonical representations such as 11=3
You could go multiplicative based. So 11 = 2×3. But then you get very difficult addition, comparison, and you need numerals inside your numerals. (E.g. 2048 would be 11 as in a single 11 in the first symbol spot)
- rendall 4y agoIt's true. I was teasing, but I did work this out once. IIRC it went something like: A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 5 E = 7 F = 11 ... and so on Then any number can be represented in terms of its prime factorization: 4 : BB or B^B 6 : BC 8 : BBBB or B^C 9 : CCC or C^B 10 : BD ... 100 : (BD)^B 101 : # (some arbitrary unique symbol) ...