xkcd #2835: Factorial Numbers - eviltoast

https://xkcd.com/2835

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So what do we do when we get to base 10? Do we use A, B, C, etc? No: Numbers larger than about 3.6 million are simply illegal.

  • 22rw@feddit.deEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    According to this article, the factoradical system gets efficient for numbers larger than 20!, but i guess this here is a shining example of less is more is less

    • Sanyanov@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      It begins to improve related to regular base-10 after, well, 10!, but it takes a while to recover for lower base numbers before that.