Defining a new base-type in Python based off Hexavigesimal

[Alec Taylor]

Good evening,

I have defined a new numbering structure for certain mathematical advantages.

How do I implement this in Python, or would I be better off writing
this in C or C++?

Ultra concise definition: http://i42.tinypic.com/af7w4h.png
LaTeX source: http://pastebin.tlhiv.org/Kf6jPRkI

Thanks for all suggestions,

Alec Taylor

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

Good evening,

I have defined a new numbering structure for certain mathematical
advantages.

How do I implement this in Python, or would I be better off writing this
in C or C++?

Ultra concise definition: http://i42.tinypic.com/af7w4h.png

Care to translate it into English?

Then translate the English into pseudo-code. And the pseudo-code into
Python. Then, if and only if the Python version is too slow, translate it
into C. And now you are done!

 

[Devin Jeanpierre]

Care to translate it into English?

Then translate the English into pseudo-code. And the pseudo-code into
Python. Then, if and only if the Python version is too slow, translate it
into C. And now you are done!

Mathematical English is pseudocode. Related: all theorems are also
programs and vice versa.



That said, I don't understand the notation either. What's \mathbb{M}?
What does it mean ti be "in" some natural number n? (Are you using a
set theoretic definition of natural numbers: e.g. x in y iff x <= y ?)

Devin