A comparison of a Radix 2 and a Radix 5 based systems

Bradley S. Tice

doi:10.1117/12.799355

5 September 2008 A comparison of a Radix 2 and a Radix 5 based systems

Bradley S. Tice

Proceedings Volume 7075, Mathematics of Data/Image Pattern Recognition, Compression, and Encryption with Applications XI; 70750P (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799355
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A radix 2 based system is composed of two separate character types that have no meaning except not representing the other character type as defmed by Shannon in 1948. The radix 5 based system employs five separate characters that have no semantic meaning except not representing the other characters. Traditional literature has a random string of binary sequential characters as being "less patterned" than non-random sequential strings. A non-random string of characters will be able to compress, were as a random string of characters will not be able to compress. This study has found that a radix 5 based character length allows for equal compression of random and non- random sequential strings. This has important aspects to information transmission and storage.

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Bradley S. Tice "A comparison of a Radix 2 and a Radix 5 based systems", Proc. SPIE 7075, Mathematics of Data/Image Pattern Recognition, Compression, and Encryption with Applications XI, 70750P (5 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799355

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