The reason for using decimal system is the simplicity of + , - , * and /. 30 + 10 = 40 (just add 1 # to the left digit) 50 - 10 = 40 (subtract 1 # from left digit) 40 * 10 = 400 (add another 0) 5000 / 10 = 500 (remove a 0)
Its mostly a matter adding and removing 0. This simplicity cannot be found in any other # system. Madan --- "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 20:57:35 -0400 > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph B. Reid) > Subject: [USMA:21568] Re: Proposal For World > Calendar > > Brij Bhushan Vij and Marcus Berger have proposed > several iconoclastic > improvements to the metric system. They don't go far > enough. First we > should reform the number system, and then build a > new metric system on that > foundation. > I have a set of tables, "Duodecimal Arithmetic" > (radix twelve) by George S. > Terry, published in 1938 by Longmans, Green. It > contains 407 pages of > mathematical tables of factors, fractions, > factorials, reciprocal > factorials, powers, reciprocal powers, squares, > cubes, square roots, cube > roots, reciprocals, trignometrical functions of > common angles, conversion > of angles, conversion of time, sin, cos, tan, n cot > n, logarithms, log > trignometric functions, napierian logarithms, log > sin, log cos, log tan in > radians, exponential, sine and cosine integrals, > factorial function, > digamma function, Bessel functions, interpolation > coefficients. > > Truly a labor of love, It was achieved BC (before > computers) using a > modified Munroe calculator that used parts from > Munroe sterling > calculators. > > Joseph B.Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
