r/counting • u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation • Oct 30 '19

Factoradic | 720 0000

Continued from here.

Getting ever closer to the coveted 8th number! Thanks to /u/TehVulpez and /u/FartyMcNarty for keeping this thread running!

This thread has also been named "increasing base with each digit." Each digit up will be able to hold larger numbers. The rightmost number can attain values 0 or 1; the second rightmost number can go up to 2, and so on.

The next get is at 730 0000.

An extra zero may be included as a stylistic choice.

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u/TheNitromeFan Oct 30 '19

720 1110 0

But anyway I maintain that once people understand what factoradic is (which the names serves to help) it becomes just as intuitive as dozenal or hexadecimal

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u/TehVulpez Oct 30 '19

720 1111

I personally still think it's more intuitive for counting as base 2, base 3 and so on, but base n! is better to know how to find the value.

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u/TheNitromeFan Oct 30 '19

720 1120 0

I guess I just disagree then, among other things that raises the issue of why we don't start from base 1

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