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7.3: Unusual Number systems

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Dualtown Number System

The peoples of Dualtown use only numbers which are 1 and some of the multiples of 2 (even numbers). E={1,2,4,6,8}. Notice that the set E is closed under multiplication.

Let's construct a 4×4 multiplication table E.

× 1 2 4 6
1 1 2 4 6
2 2 4 8 12
4 4 8 16 24
6 6 12 24 36

The smallest ten prime numbers in Dualtown are 2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38. Notice that 36=(6)(6)=(2)(18). Thus 36 has two different Dualtown prime factorizations. Hence the Prime Divisibility Theorem does not hold for the Dualtown number system.

 


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