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... base be- cause that's one of the numbers in the 2 series , and if we start with 4 and multiply it over and over again by 4 , we end up with a series all members of which ... base with logs to another base and come out with a The Lost Art 13.
... base be- cause that's one of the numbers in the 2 series , and if we start with 4 and multiply it over and over again by 4 , we end up with a series all members of which ... base with logs to another base and come out with a The Lost Art 13.
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Isaac Asimov. with logs to another base and come out with a correct answer . You must stick with a particular base and never veer from it , if you are to get any correct answers at all . Well , then , which base ? I've already said that ...
Isaac Asimov. with logs to another base and come out with a correct answer . You must stick with a particular base and never veer from it , if you are to get any correct answers at all . Well , then , which base ? I've already said that ...
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... base you used . With all bases equally im- perfect , was there nevertheless one that was superior to the others , regardless of imperfection ? That is where matters stood , and with this superquick recapit- ulation , we can now go on ...
... base you used . With all bases equally im- perfect , was there nevertheless one that was superior to the others , regardless of imperfection ? That is where matters stood , and with this superquick recapit- ulation , we can now go on ...
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