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Yeah I don’t even understand non-whole bases.

For example, how does someone express the number 5 in base e…

12.0200112_e = e+2+2/e^2+e^-5+e^-6+2e^-7 = 4.99999285804.....

so 5 in base e is an infinite sequence of digits starting with 12.020011....

How many digits do you need to do this for a given transcendental?

I've always visualized it like fractals