Optimizing for "radix economy", an argument that attempts to balance the digit cost against the choice of base. When the cost per digit equals the base, e turns

Optimizing for "radix economy", an argument that attempts to balance the digit cost against the choice of base. When the cost per digit equals the base, e turns out optimal. But when the cost per digit equals the digit's information content (bit, trit, etc; 1 trit = log(3,2) bits), all bases turn out about equal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_radix_choice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_radix_choice