Re: prime numbers and African artifact

Juergen Nickelsen (nickel@prz.tu-berlin.de)
20 Jul 1995 12:19:36 GMT

In article <3u6jjq$f0m@bubba.NMSU.Edu> dmckee@nmsu.edu (David Wayne
McKee) writes:

> ** ALL integers can represented in ANY positive integer base **
>
> (are there negative bases, or non-integer ones?).

Yes. They are not only possible (as have some follow-up postings
pointed out), but have already been discussed to some detail in
alt.folklore.computers (where this thread appears, as well as in some
other groups).

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Juergen Nickelsen