Talk:xkcd: volume 0

2025-07-28T04:22:24Z

2405:DA40:111E:3F00:B551:279A:3BC5:7C18: /* How the pages are counted */

== How the pages are counted ==

The pages are counted in something akin to a trinary number system: the only digits used are 0, 1, and 2. But 2 always rolls over, even if there are digits behind it. So:

<table style="border:solid;border-width:2px;">
<tr>
<td> Number (xkcd v0) </td>
<td> Number in decimal </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 1 </td>
<td> 1 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 2 </td>
<td> 2 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 10 </td>
<td> 3 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 11 </td>
<td> 4 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 12 </td>
<td> 5 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 20 </td>
<td> 6 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 100 </td>
<td> 7 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 101 </td>
<td> 8 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 102 </td>
<td> 9 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 110 </td>
<td> 10 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 111 </td>
<td> 11 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 112 </td>
<td> 12 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 120 </td>
<td> 13 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 200 </td>
<td> 14 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 1000 </td>
<td> 15 </td>
</tr>
</table>

How would someone do a base conversion between "xkcd trinary" and decimal? I was thinking to do something akin to (value in "normal trinary")-(value of the previous digit in the same trinary) for each magnitude in xkcd trinary, but I can't figure out how rigorous it would be, much less accurate. Any ideas? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.141|108.162.241.141]] 23:33, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

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