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They are speaking of a finite set of symbols (the digits 0 through 9), not the number of glyphs in the representation of an arbitrary number.
by fwip 2y ago
They are speaking of a finite set of symbols (the digits 0 through 9), not the number of glyphs in the representation of an arbitrary number.
- feoren 2y agoYou can represent any arbitrarily large number with a single symbol without positional notation, though. Let's use *. The number 3 is ***. The number 9 is *********. That interpretation of GP's comment (which, on re-read, is probably correct) makes it even more trivially false. Another comment by the same poster clarifies that I was actually responding to what he meant.