Definition:Hexadecimal Notation/Historical Note/Mistake
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Source Work
1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers:
- The Dictionary
- $16$
1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.):
- The Dictionary
- $16$
Mistake
- J.W. Mystrom in the nineteenth century proposed that the numbers $1$ to $16$ in this system ...
Mystrom is a typo. The person in question was John Williams Nystrom.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $16$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $16$