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0 pointspmontra2y ago0 comments

I concede that my opinion is worth very little to nothing and I didn't even check what's the mathematical consensus on this matter, but when one sees that 1100, 110, 30, 22, 20, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, A are all the same number one starts thinking about the difference between symbols as numbers and symbols as digit.

I hopefully didn't make mistakes in the several representations of twelve.

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thaumasiotes2y ago

> I hopefully didn't make mistakes in the several representations of twelve.

That depends! What is the numeric value of A?

And then: how can you answer that question without admitting that A is a number?

areyousure2y ago

You probably meant "C" as the final one, instead of "A": https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=12+in+base+13

pmontraOP2y ago

Yeah, a made a mistake on the easiest base

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