and every fifth digit is just put in an odd place

  • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
    2·
    9 months ago

    It is logarithmic size, it’s just the special case of log1. The implication being the higher the base, the more efficient the encoding.

    Edit: 1 is supposed to be subscript, but it’s not showing properly in my app. Idk what it looks like for others

    • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
      1·
      9 months ago

      Log base 1 is undefined, no? It’s like division by zero.

      PS: it looks like subscript.