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		ykonstant on Aug 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Base 3 Computing Beats Binary Wikipedia has a nice article on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-integer_base_of_numeration Edit: layer8 below has a much better link

layer8 on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

This one is more to the point I think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_radix_choice

ykonstant on Aug 9, 2024 | [–]

You are absolutely right, your link is the way to go.

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