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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a VARIABLE-BASED BOT BEING ESCORTED OUT OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT BY SECURITY - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | This comic is about the {{w|factorial number system}}, which are based on {{w|factorial|factorials}}. | |
− | + | The title text discusses a "problem" with this system, in that numbers above 3,628,800 (10!) have ambiguous notation, as it can be difficult to know whether the number in this system is (10)000000000, or (1)000000000. Some use the letters A-Z to denote such larger numbers, e.g. A000000000. However, Cueball in this comic just announces that an number above 987654321 in this number system (or 3,628,799) is illegal. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon. | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | : | + | :Variable-base Factoradic™ numbers |
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:{| | :{| | ||
|Base 7||Base 6||Base 5||Base 4||Base 3||Base 2 | |Base 7||Base 6||Base 5||Base 4||Base 3||Base 2 | ||
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− | + | |Base 10||||Factoradic | |
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− | |Base 10||Factoradic | ||
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− | |1||1 | + | |1||—||1 |
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− | |2||10 | + | |2||—||10 |
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− | |3||11 | + | |3||—||11 |
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− | |4||20 | + | |4||—||20 |
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− | |5||21 | + | |5||—||21 |
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− | |6||100 | + | |6||—||100 |
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− | |7||101 | + | |7||—||101 |
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− | |21||311 | + | |21||—||311 |
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− | |22||320 | + | |22||—||320 |
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− | |23||321 | + | |23||—||321 |
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− | + | |Base 10||||Factoradic | |
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− | |Base 10||Factoradic | ||
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− | |24||1,000 | + | |24||—||1,000 |
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− | |25||1,001 | + | |25||—||1,001 |
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− | |5,038||654,320 | + | |5,038||—||654,320 |
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− | |5,039||654,321 | + | |5,039||—||654,321 |
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− | |5,040||1,000,000 | + | |5,040||—||1,000,000 |
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− | |999,998||266,251,210 | + | |999,998||—||266,251,210 |
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− | |999,999||266,251,211 | + | |999,999||—||266,251,211 |
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− | |1,000,000||266,251,220 | + | |1,000,000||—||266,251,220 |
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− | |1,000,001||266,251,221 | + | |1,000,001||—||266,251,221 |
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:Cueball: Small numbers should be written with small numerals like "1" or "2". | :Cueball: Small numbers should be written with small numerals like "1" or "2". | ||
:Cueball: That's why my variable-base system uses...Hey! No, listen! | :Cueball: That's why my variable-base system uses...Hey! No, listen! | ||
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+ | :Factorial numbers are the number system that sounds most like a prank by someone who's about to be escorted out of the math department by security. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Characters with hats]] | [[Category:Characters with hats]] | ||
[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] | ||
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