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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: 0.1
Message-ID: <7668@boring.cwi.nl>
Date: 16 Oct 88 20:43:27 GMT
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In article <14014@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
 > In article <800@accelerator> rob@kaa.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere) asks:
 > >You lost me.  How do you do a basis that is not a natural?
 > 
 ...
 > 
 > I have no idea whether fractional and irrational bases are well-regarded
 > in mathematical circles (mathematical circles are the ones that are *really*
 > round, rather than the merely arbitrary polygonal CS circles :-) ).
 > -- 
You might check Knuth vol. 2, which details base 2i and i-1.  If that isn't
irrational.
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