On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:57:24 -0600, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Brian Nielsen wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 15:57:31 -0600, Adam Thornton >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'll give you a dollar if you can show me a base in which 54 is more >>> than two and a half times as big as 27. >> >> A long time ago I read a mathematical paper on some interesting >> propertie >> s >> of negative base number systems. Now it's earned me a dollar. > >I guess it has. Want me to Paypal it to you? Or I can just, you >know, mail you a dollar bill if you give me your address. Actually, I'd like to spend it to buy you a beer to thank you for the interesting mathematical challenge. So, enjoy your favorite! Now if only Richard Schuh is also willing to put up a dollar I could buy him a beer too. :) Brian Nielsen
