17 May
2008
17 May
'08
5:51 a.m.
On 5/17/08, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
[Allowing x(*)0 = x was a dumb idea, which subsequently turns out to create exceptions to explicit expressions: better to retain the original x(*)0 = 0, by redefining in base-10, 1 = ...0101 in base-F" ; in base-10, 0 = ...0000 in base-F" ; with all other natural numbers ending ...00 .
Dumber than I imagined. The fiddling about with the final digit turns out to be due to a minor code bug. In fact, _all_ base-F" numbers without exception should end with ...00; fortunately, the table and the rest of the stuff following it above is unaffected. WFL