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We could make the minus sign go away if we adopted a balanced base (e.g. balanced ternary), that has both negative and positive digits. That way, just looking a
by Qem 4y ago
We could make the minus sign go away if we adopted a balanced base (e.g. balanced ternary), that has both negative and positive digits. That way, just looking at the digits would make evident if a number is positive or negative, without any need for a minus sign.
- RhysU 3y agoI love that such systems were built once: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun