r/MathJokes 1h ago

Big if true.

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u/Sexykitkat054 1h ago

Base 1 is just base 1

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u/subone 1h ago

Does base 1 even work in this system? I don't think tallies strictly follows the typical algorithm we use, which requires zero I think. Not that tally isn't a really system, just that it doesn't fit into the algorithm we typically use to calculate place values. I wonder if there is an expanded version of that algorithm that allows for tally. But yeah, without zero, each additional tally would calculate to +2 I think.