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What is base of math?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

In common terms it is the whole unit at which we add a one in the next available digit place to the left and reset the numbers to the right of it to zero.

Bases are a convenience, and by historical convention and perhaps convenience of having 10 easily accessible digits we use the base 10 when counting. What_is_base_in_mathematicsuse the base 2. The ancient Babylonians used the base 60.

Mathematically a base is the radix that is raised to a particular exponent to generate any number. E.g. 10^2 = 100 and 10^1.5 = 31.622776. Here 10 is the radix, 2 and 1.5 are the exponents.

Mathematically all bases are equivalent.

Mathematics often makes use of the natural base because of the convenience its What_is_base_in_mathematics.

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