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minus-squarePM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI think you’re thinking of the unary numeral system. While some people do call it “base 1”, it’s not really a positional number system like the other base N systems. In unary, you “write” 0 by just not writing anything.
I think you’re thinking of the unary numeral system. While some people do call it “base 1”, it’s not really a positional number system like the other base N systems. In unary, you “write” 0 by just not writing anything.