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B-nary (Posted on 2009-04-27) Difficulty: 2 of 5
If b is an integer greater than 1, then a b-nary representation of a non-negative real number r is an expression of the form
           
     r = ∑ aib-i
          i=0
where a0 is a non-negative integer, and the ai are integers satisfying 0 ≤ ai < b for i = 1,2,3, ...
     r = a0.a1a2a3 ...

An underscored numeral will denote that the numeral is repeated indefinitely. If b=10 for example, then
     0.45783 denotes 0.45783783783783....

No matter what the base b, an irrational number has only one b-nary representation.

Looking at the table below we see that (depending on the base) a rational number can have one or two b-nary representations.

---------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
          Base |           Ten         |          Three        |
---------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+
Representation |  fraction  |  b-nary  |  fraction  |  b-nary  |                     
---------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+
               |     1/3    |   0.3    |    1/10    |  0.10    |
               |            |          |            |   or     |
               |            |          |            |  0.02    |
---------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+
               |     1/5    |   0.20   |    1/12    |  0.0121  |
               |            |    or    |            |          |         
               |            |   0.19   |            |          |       
---------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+  
If p, q, and b are integers with p ≥ 0, q > 0, and b > 1, then what is the relation between p, q, and b such that the rational number p/q has only one b-nary representation?

See The Solution Submitted by Bractals    
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re: somewhat of a solution (some thoughts)Daniel2009-04-27 21:44:10
Solutionsomewhat of a solutionCharlie2009-04-27 14:59:07
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