Tag for questions about using various number bases in Mathematica. This includes, but is not restricted to base notation, base conversion and formatting issues.
Questions tagged [number-bases]
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How to convert from base 2 to base n?
I'm trying to use baseform to convert numbers in base 10 to base n, how can I make the convertion between, say base 2 to base n?
Baseform seems to always think that the base in expr BaseForm[Expr, n] is always 10.
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Select base and exponent of arbitrary number
I want to write a function say BaseExponent that will output the base and exponent of a number. In particular it should do the following:
BaseExponent[(1 + I Sqrt[3])^(1/72)] = {(1 + I Sqrt[3]), 1/72}
BaseExponent[72] = {72, 1}
BaseExponent[1/4] =…
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IntegerString output using Roman numerals
I noticed a peculiar behavior of the IntegerString command that I would like to bring to the attention of the community. The code is as follows:
Clear[i]
Symbol@IntegerString[1, "Roman"]
t1 = Table[{Symbol@IntegerString[i, "Roman"], i}, {i, 10}]
t2…
Syed
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How do I check if the base-$b$ representation of my number contains the same digits?
I came up with the following exercise with the intention of learning Mathematica but I am already stuck in the beginning. Let $ n,b $ denote positive integers with $ n>0 $ and $ b\geq2 $. My aim is to check whether the base-$ b $ representation of $…
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No function to enter value in a different base?
I notice that there is a syntax to enter a numeric literal in a different base, for example:
In[8]:= 5^^1000000000000101
Out[8]= 30517578151
However, there does not seem to be any function to enter a number in a different base. Since, it seems…
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What is the preferred way to go from a non-decimal basis to a decimal basis?
We can insert a number in a basis different than 10 using the basis^^number expression.
However, strangely enough, there does not seem to be a corresponding functional form to do this.
Moreover, to convert a number of inputs to decimal basis, the…
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