Number Systems

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Number Systems

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Number Systems

Colin Wright

Aug 24, 2021

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Brain Lenses

Number Systems

The base-ten positional numeral system, also called the decimal system, has become so ubiquitous in the globalized 21st century that it’s easy to forget that this method of working with numbers has not always been the preferred, nearly universal method…

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