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Baseless number system

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Re: Baseless number system

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You've reinvented polynomials. 1 x + 1 x² + 2x + 1 x³ + 3x² + 3x + 1 ... You can think of Pascal's triangle as repeated multiplication by (x + 1).

hmmm, so every new digit is the coefficient of the next power?

(i.e. (x+1) = 1x^1 + 1x^0 => 1:1)

it makes sense, haven't thought about it..