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Hi Ian.
Beeler M., Gosper, R.W. and Schroeppel, R., "HAKMEM", MIT AI Memo 239,
Feb. 29, 1972.
YES! A GOSPERISM FROM HAKMEM!
[...] By this strategy, consider the universe, or, more precisely, algebra:
let X = the sum of many powers of two = ...111111 now add X to itself; X + X = ...111110 thus, 2X = X - 1 so X = -1 therefore algebra is run on a machine (the universe) which is
twos-complement.
This is great. Thanks! By the way, there are integer numbers with infinite digits that satisfy x^2 = x (not 0 neither 1).
Andres.
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