to generalize, the number on the left should be a multiplier and on
the right an exponent of 2
Why do I get these results for b
1b0
0
10b0
0
1b1
1
10b1
1
100b0
0
100b1
1
100ba
10
110ba
10
2^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 11 12
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 256 1024 2048 4096
4097b1
1
257b6
6
Donna
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On 14-Jun-06, at 12:03 PM, Henry Rich wrote:
You are thinking that 11b2 means 11 in base-2 notation.
But no, it means 2 in base-11 notation.
Henry Rich
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Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Mathematical Roots of J & more musings
wow?
if b is base
why is
11b2
2
not
11b2
3
or
12b2
2
not
12b2
domain error
33bg
16
not
33bg
51
Constants and results are displayed in the default base 10 (a)
why
11ba
10
not
11ba
11
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