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Are there any math/physics/etc. problems that are easier to solve in a non-base10 counting system? Do any arbitrary constants seem more obvious/clear there? Thinking of the "math/physics universal language with aliens" idea, what if they don't have 2 hands/5 fingers?
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I vaguely recall an essay in Douglas hofstadter’s metamagical themas that showed how divisibility problems are easier in bases with more prime divisors.
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