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Tag Archives: base systems
The mathematics behind the solution for Challenge No. 5
If you take a look at the various solutions people proposed for the last challenge of generating a specific permutation, you’ll see that they are very similar. Most of them are based on some form of div-mod usage. The reason … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, computer science, Programming, Python
Tagged base systems, factorial, Knuth, Math, permutations
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Fractals in 10 minutes no. 3 – The Dragon
When first I looked through the pages of the book “Hacker’s Delight”, I found myself looking at the chapter about bases. There I learned a very curious fact – with the digits of 0,1 and the base of -2, you … Continue reading
Posted in Fractals, Math, Programming, Python
Tagged base systems, dragon fractal, fractal, Knuth, Python
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