Us computer geeks are also adept at various computer-friendly systems like binary, octal, and hexadecimal. ... Let us know of any strange number systems you have used or encountered.

In a number ring that includes a √-5 (in practice, mathematicians often employ number systems that use the square roots of negative numbers), duplicity creeps in: 6 is both 2 x 3 and also (1 ...

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado, have upgraded their previously ...