Re: How can I change the base PARI computes in?

Karim Belabas on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:00:53 +0100

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From: "Karim Belabas" <Karim.Belabas@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:59:10 +0100
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* ZerreZ [2009-02-05 16:28]:
> I want to change the base of all PARI computations from base 10 to base 5.
> By this I mean change the base of /all/ PARI primitives.
> 
> How can I achieve this?

I'm afraid you can't. What are you trying to achieve ?

By the way, the base of all PARI computations (PARI primitives) is 2^32
or 2^64, certainly not 10. Only the input / output routines know about base 10.

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    K.B.
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