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No you don’t. In a positional base system we use, we need it. Where 10 is larger than 1, which the 0 denotes.
But there are other number system, like bijective. In bijective base 9, you have the 9 digits from 1 to 9 (values 1 to 9). After 9 comes 11 (value 10), 12 (value 11), to 19 (value 18), then 21 (value 19), up to 99 (value 90), then 111 (value 91). A 0 is never used.
You also got the Roman system: I, II, III, IV, V, VI … IX X XI (9, 10, 11) … CMXCIX, M, MI (999, 1000, 1001). A 0 is never used here either.
To express zero of something, you can say that there’s none of it, or there’s nothing.
While the idea of it being based on fours has some sense, at the same time I’m not sure if they would actually do that - basing things on tens seems a lot more convenient. And the sixteen things is like completely out of nowhere. Besides, don’t they already use normal numbers in the show?
Anyway, I think it’s best to just do it normally and stick to 0-9.
No you don’t. In a positional base system we use, we need it. Where 10 is larger than 1, which the 0 denotes.
But there are other number system, like bijective. In bijective base 9, you have the 9 digits from 1 to 9 (values 1 to 9). After 9 comes 11 (value 10), 12 (value 11), to 19 (value 18), then 21 (value 19), up to 99 (value 90), then 111 (value 91). A 0 is never used.
You also got the Roman system: I, II, III, IV, V, VI … IX X XI (9, 10, 11) … CMXCIX, M, MI (999, 1000, 1001). A 0 is never used here either.
To express zero of something, you can say that there’s none of it, or there’s nothing.
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But you need a symbol to represent 0 in any numerical system. I mean we have one, and I just used it in the last sentence
I might be pulling stuff right out of my ass but who cares.
I’ve decided to leave it as is. People who intend to use the font can choose which base they prefer. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 16.
Maybe 8 could work better?
I originally had a base of 4, but then decided it was to small, and so with the magic of multiplication I decided to go with a base of 16.
(Instead of the inverted 2-7, you can also use A-F.)
Bah! ;-;
:p
However… simply replacing an English letter into each symbol doesn’t make it a unique language.
Having unique letters and a unique language such as the Klingon language would be more interesting.
Hexadecimal… using computers; base 16 is pretty normal.
Anyway, I think it’s best to just do it normally and stick to 0-9.
Same way humans type out a number larger than nine. Use more than one digit.
Uh, maybe by having them repeat until say ninety or so and then using another number for that? I dunno, but ti seems interesting.