Re: Pental Message #9 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 12 Mar 2005, 6:19 a.m., in response to message #3 by Ronald
Hi;
based on what I see and teach, the 'number' that describes a 'base number' expresses the quantity that cannot be represented in the 'base number' with a single algarism. You see, octal, base eight, uses eight algarisms and the last one is seven. The decimal quantity 'eight' is represented as '108' or '10o'.
Pental refers to a base number with five algarisms, being them 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. The decimal quantity 'five' should be expressed '105'. Intriguing!
Cheers.
Luiz (Brazil)
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