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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] do any human cultures count like Klingons do?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Sun Sep 21 13:48:52 2014
From: "DloraH" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:49:03 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmOD9-Mi2tbd_PSyfExKBuE3XDbcRt-1WYHcO1-tVoejag@mail.gmail.com>
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> The difference becomes more apparently for "larger" numbers: decimal
> 18 would be written "200" in base 3, but "123" in 3-adic notation.
> Decimal 33 is "1020" in base 3, but "313" in 3-adic notation.
>
> --
> De'vID
It becomes even more apparent when working to the right of a decimal point. (Is it still called a
"decimal" point when used in a non-base 10 system?)
Where pi is 3 and some fraction, after borrowing back to fill in those zero place holders, the value
of pi in Klingon/3-adic ends up being:
2.233133312221233133231333333222
base 3:
10.010211012222010211002111110222
3.3333... decimal becomes 3.1 3-adic. (10.1 base-3)
But then 3.4 decimal, which is more than 3.3333... becomes 2.33121 (10.10121 base-3) because of
that 0 in the "nineths" position.
Is there another way to handle such numbers? Would a Klingon be forced to use fractions instead?
What happens with numbers less than 1 where there is nothing to borrow from to fill those spaces?
.4 (b10) -> .10121 (b3) -> ?.?3121 (3-adic)
chaq tlhIngan Hol vIlo'nIS. tlhIngan Hol wIlo'taHvIS, chay' [base-n] wI'oS? chay' [adic] wI'oS?
[place holder] Del nuq?
-- DloraH
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