Ternary numeral system
- Ternary numeral system has three as its base, and is often used in analog logic and ternary computers.
- Ternary offers a convenient way to represent fractions, but does not offer a finite representation for 1/2 and other fractions.
- Compact ternary representation can be achieved using nonary (base 9) and septemvigesimal (base 27) systems.
- Ternary numbers are used in certain analog logic and to represent self-similar structures like the Sierpinski triangle and the Cantor set.
- Ternary is the integer base with the lowest radix economy, followed closely by binary and quaternary.
- Binary-coded ternary is used to simulate ternary computers and interface between ternary and binary computers.
- Some ternary computers, such as the Setun, defined a tryte to be six trits or approximately 9.5 bits.
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