Friday, October 05, 2012

[rkhgdyrh] Base 3 to base 2 error correction

Consider a number written in base 3 that only contains the digits 1 and 2.  Convert the number to binary.  Transmit the binary representation through a noisy channel.  How can one do error correction to recover the original base 3 number?

More error correction starting at a higher base.

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