Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy Message-ID: <20010127235002.43928.qmail@web10606.mail.yahoo.com>
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I have no idea what most of that means. I can gather vague concepts, but it's still beautiful. I can't wait until I start taking more math classes. <sigh> Ty --- Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 1/28/01, 12:11:58 AM, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > wrote regarding Re: > OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy: > > > > Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> types: > > > [ redirected to -chat before somebody flames > both of us :-) ] > > > Good idea! > > > > I would call it teaching your mother to suck eggs, > but... > > > > I was making my standpoint clear and (hopefully) > unambiguous. > > > > > Nope, only 0 is exempt. Unary is usually the first > notational systems > > ones learns for representing numbers, and is > almost certainly the > > first one discovered by humanity. It's probably > used by more people > > than binary. > > <snip> > > > > I was thinking of a *positional* system of the kind > a*(base raised to > 0) + b * (base raised to 1) + ... > > > > > Now, if you want to get *really* wierd, start > thinking about bases > > that have an absolute value of less than 1. > > > Erm, yes. Actually, I have continuous homomorphisms > R -> R+ with 0 < > base < 1 in mind. And the contruction of the > exponential functions (as > well as the topological theorems involved in it) IS > beautiful. :-)) > > Salvo > > > > "Chi non sa di matematica non si eleva di un sol > palmo da terra" > -- Galileo > > "Those who do not know mathematics do not elevate > themselves of one > palm from the ground" (rough tranlation). > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the > message > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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