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Thursday, March 14, 2019

π Flag for the Tridecimal Base - 13ths

There is more than one way to look at π.  The dominant view is this number is 3.14 but that is an artifact of the decimal system.  Taken from another base, say like the number 13, π becomes the number 3.1AC1049052A2C.  Now how many people can recite that sequence from memory?

Like all the π flags out there, this one is based upon the first three digits of π from the tridecimal, base system of 13 digits, which is 3.1A.  The number 3 is the whole number represented with the international maritime flag for three, which looks like a reverse flag of the French.  Then the number one is the red dot on white in the middle, which looks like the Japanese flag.  Finally the Alpha flag with is white and blue swallowtail design.  Since the international maritime flag for the letter A does has a missing sector this give the central portion a Pac-Man like look.

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