[Tlhingan-hol] do any human cultures count like Klingons do?
DloraH
seruq at bellsouth.net
Sun Sep 21 10:49:03 PDT 2014
> 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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