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"a lot of properties of number systems behave as if they are random" Choosing a weird base (and yes, base ten is weird) certainly contributes to this effect.
by guard-of-terra 11y ago
"a lot of properties of number systems behave as if they are random"
Choosing a weird base (and yes, base ten is weird) certainly contributes to this effect.
- Jacqued 11y agoThis looks like an interesting perspective. Do you have any pointers to discussions of topics that become more intuitive/clearer when thought about in other bases ?
- guard-of-terra 11y agoThe whole topic of "why does this random (in base 10) number suddently behaves strange" doesn't exist in e.g. base 2.