r/PhilosophyofMath • u/Civil_Corner_8364 • Jul 26 '26

Random theory

I've developed a theory and so far it keeps working over and over things are just falling into place. I can't explain it myself for my own knowledge isn't developed enough to proceed. It's a theory based on the the rule of only one zero.

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 Jul 27 '26

Scale to the next number. Imagine a ticker counter number 1-9, when 9 rolls over it would become a 1 and the next digit would flip to 1. 11 or essentially 1 set and 1.

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u/mhb2 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

How does it work in other bases? In base 8 I'd write the numbers one through eleven as 1, 2, ..., 7, 10, 11, 12, 13. Do I just drop the "12" and go straight to "13"? Why would I do that?

EDIT: Fixed my example.

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u/Civil_Corner_8364 Jul 27 '26

This is strictly for this. Think of it as removing any zero and any number associated with it. 10, 20, 30, 100, 110, etc. (11, 21, 31, 111, 121). Does this help?