Does Numeral Radix Matter?
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Not much, as long as itÕs > 1.
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r-ary numeral encoding:
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size(n) = #digits of n
=
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log
r
n
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log
r
n vs. log
s
n ?
l
All logs differ by only a constant multiple:
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log
r
n = log
r
s log
s
n
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log
r
s is a constant, not a function of n.