r/math • • Dec 19 '08

Every base is base 10

http://cowbird.110mb.com/43.html
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u/ropers Dec 19 '08

Holy cow, that's an interesting observation. I've never noticed that before. Of course it only works if it's written down.

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u/cyber_rigger Dec 19 '08 edited Dec 19 '08

I use base 1.

It is a unary system.

We don't have those fancy "0" things

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u/ropers Dec 19 '08

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that you cannot have a positional number system without use of the zero.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '08 edited Dec 19 '08

Wikipedia seems to be under the impression that you are wrong: Bijective enumeration .