On Monday 24 February 2003 04:12 pm, Tim May wrote:
> How exactly does your system work without zero?  Most systems without
> zero are tally systems rather than place-value systems.  I think some
> early systems (Babylonian? Egyptian) were place value and simply
> ommitted zero, leading to ambiguity.  But this doesn't seem to be
> either.  List the numbers from 1 to 16.
        Ok, the first numbers are octal, the second are decimal (with a break between
o28 and o71, so you can see the transition to three digits):

        1=1             11=9    21=17   71=57   81=65   111=73
        2=2             12=10   22=18   72=58   82=66   112=74
        3=3             13=11   23=19   73=59   83=67   113=75
        4=4             14=12   24=20   74=60   84=68   114=76
        5=5             15=13   25=21   75=61   85=69   115=77
        6=6             16=14   26=22   76=62   86=70   116=78
        7=7             17=15   27=23   77=63   87=71   117=79
        8=8             18=16   28=24   78=64   88=72   118=80

        :Peter

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