Variable-Base Factoradic Numbers

VARIABLE-BASE FACTORADIC™ NUMBERS BASE 7 BASE 5 BASE 5 BASE 4 BASE 3 BASE 2 3 5 3 0 1 1 BASE 10 FACTORADIC 1 — 1 2 — 10 3 — 11 4 — 20 5 — 21 6 — 100 7 — 101 21 — 31 22 — 320 23 — 321 BASE 10 FACTORADIC 24 — 1,000 25 — 1,001 5,038 — 654,320 5,039 — 654,321 5,040 — 1,000,000 999,998 — 266,251,210 999,999 — 266,251,211 1,000,000 — 266,251,220 1,000,001 — 266,251,221 SMALL NUMBERS LIKE SEVEN OR NINETEEN SHOULDN’T USE BIG NUMERALS LIKE “7” OR “9”. I MEAN, “9” IS THE BIGGEST NUMERAL WE HAVE! IT SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR BIG NUMBERS. SMALL NUMBERS SHOULD BE WRITTEN WITH SMALL NUMERALS LIKE “1” OR “2”. THAT’S WHY MY VARIABLE-BASE SYSTEM USES... HEY! NO, LISTEN! FACTORIAL NUMBERS ARE THE NUMBER SYSTEM THAT SOUNDS MOST LIKE A PRANK BY SOMEONE WHO’S ABOUT TO BE ESCORTED OUT OF THE MATH DEPARTMENT BY SECURITY.

A hand-drawn math comic presents a chart for variable-base factoradic numbers while a speaker argues that small numbers should use small numerals and large numerals should be reserved for big numbers. The joke is that the technically elaborate explanation sounds like nonsense from someone about to be removed from the math department, making it a reaction to absurd overcomplication and fake mathematical confidence.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 12472 2023-10-03