Post #2346195
2026-04-27 08:31 UTC
@dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz An interesting contrast with the representation of integers as lists of the exponents of their prime factors, where ×, gcd, lcm, and = are fast and easy, ≤ is doable, but it's of very limited use because + is impossible.
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@gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-27 08:35
@mjd@mathstodon.xyz @dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz I used that once, for an application where I was hoping that the fast things would compensate for the terrible additions, but ... it probably wasn’t the best solution.