[Tlhingan-hol] do any human cultures count like Klingons do?

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On Oct 1, 2014, at 10:40 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> De'vID:
>>> 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.
> 
> DloraH:
>> 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?)
> 
> "radix point" ponglu'.
> 
> DloraH:
>> 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.
> 
> nIbbe'chugh pagh mI' je, not mI'vam 'ay'vaD "0" ghItlhlu'.
> 
> DloraH:
>> Is there another way to handle such numbers?
> 
> HIja'. 'ach Qatlh QIjmeH mIw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quote_notation
> 
> Interesting that such a system requires two place symbols (the radix
> point and quote mark), and we know Klingon writing uses upper and
> lower triangle punctuation, so that's a good match.
> 
> 0 (b10) = 2'3 (3-adic) (note that you never need a symbol for "0" in
> such a system)
> -1 (b10) = 2' (3-adic)
> -2 (b10) = 2'1 (3-adic)
> -3 (b10) = 2'13 (3-adic)
> -4 (b10) = 2'12 (3-adic)
> -5 (b10) = 2'11 (3-adic)
> ... to quote TKD, "and then it got complicated."
> 
> 1/2 (b10) = 1'2 (3-adic)
> 1/4 (b10) = 13'21 (3-adic)
> 1/8 (b10) = 12'2 (3-adic)
> 
> You can verify these fractions by multiplying by their inverse to get
> 2'31 = 1 (since 2'3 = 0).
> 
> DloraH:
>> Would a Klingon be forced to use fractions instead?
> 
> ghobe'. 'ach fractions lo'laHbej je.
> 
> DloraH:
>> 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)
> 
> jIQaghbe'pu'chugh:
> 0.2 (b10) = 1133'2
> 0.4 (b10) = 1133'1211
> 
> Again, you can verify by multiplying by 5 to get 1 and 2, respectively.
> 
> DloraH:
>> chaq tlhIngan Hol vIlo'nIS.  tlhIngan Hol wIlo'taHvIS, chay' [base-n] wI'oS?  chay' [adic] wI'oS?
>> [place holder] Del nuq?
> 
> jISovbe'.
> 
> -- 
> De'vID
> 
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