Are numbers Real #2

[robvalue]

Wow that’s cool. I didn’t know they came about that way (the Romans).

I was thinking what base 1 numbers would look like. I realised that it would just be adding a 1 every time. I’m not sure without checking whether that’s considered a valid system. It’s obviously very stupid, and is the equivalent of putting objects along the floor in a line. Weirdly, the 0 character would only ever appear once at the start.

0
1
11
111
1111
11111

You mean this?

That's base 2, which is of course totally valid and very useful. I was thinking what happens if you try to drop down to base 1. Technically it works but it’s rather pointless.

1111 (base 1) = 1 * 1^3 + 1 * 1^2 + 1 * 1^1 + 1 (base 10) = 4