Monday, January 25, 2010

Wigglish sums, products, and quotients

To make a sum using wiggle, write the addends as a string of superdigits, and interpose 1s as interbases, e.g.

            a+b+c+d = a1b1c1d.

Summation is essentially wiggle in base one.

To make a product using wiggle, write the factors as a string of interbases.  Then write 1 as the first superdigit and 0s for all remaining superdigits, e.g.

            a b c d = 1a0b0c0d0.

To make a quotient using wiggle, treat the numerator and denominator as you would for a fraction, e.g.

            p÷q = p/q = pq = q \ p = 0;qp.

There is no particularly easy way to represent negation or subtraction in wiggle.

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