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5-23-1606
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz born in Madrid. His Mathesis biceps of 1670 expounded the general principle of number systems with an arbitrary base b. Caramuel pointed out that some of these systems might be of more use than the decimal system.
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Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
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Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
Date:
Tuesday, May 23, 1606
