Thursday, 31 January 2019

My Problem With The Numbers In After Doomsday

Poul Anderson, After Doomsday, CHAPTER FIFTEEN.

OK. I have slept on it and realized where I was going wrong with the numbers here.

BA=(2x12)+1=25
PM=(4x6)+1=25

ABIJ=MOQMP=2134?

I am losing it again, trying to translate between bases 12, 6 and 10, but am now confident that the above answer is correct.

Very relevant here are Fred Hoyle's observations on mathematical abilities. See Luck.
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1 comment:

  1. Sean M. Brooks31 January 2019 at 14:35

    Kaor, Paul!

    MY "mathematical" abilities doesn't extend much further than ordinary adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing! Even tho most times I use paper and pen for that instead of a pocket calculator. (Smiles)

    Sean

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