What is the best base? Present the case if you can. I like ten. Obviously I know nothing else and couldnt really start to think in a different base, but I would try if someone could present a reason that a different one was better. I think base 10 is interesting as a composite of odd and even, and being even itself but a composite of odds. 5 is 2 & 3 and 10 is 5 twice. I couldnt defend what Im saying but it seems important somehow intuitively. A base which is even, and composite of evens (8 & 12) just doesnt seem quite right. There seems to be something useful about 10 being more representative of odd and even. Numbers like 8 and 12 seem too even.
As you may have gathered i have an interest in mathematics but not much experience. So dont think Im trying to present myself as with any proficiency. The farthest i studied in math was pre-calculus in 10th grade which i really enjoyed and got good grades in all year. the next two years of high school I tried calculus and statistics respectively, which i didnt jive with, which i blame somewhat on the teachers. Not to not take responsibility its not anyones fault, but i didnt know about autism at that point so i didn't really understand my strength and weakness at all to know how to work with them.
Right now i've decided i want to memorize pi to the feynman point. Which i have committed to do either way but i cant help but think how subjective the expression in base ten might be
so this is a call to the math gurus. what are the cases for the bases? i know there cant be any universals (that we know of) but there could be a better fit for reasons. Or even the case that no base is in any way more or less useful than any other. I just dont know where to start. Well i did start with wikipedia, but it just mentioned a few other bases that have been used, but it didn't really satisfy me
13 Dec 2011, 11:50 pm
