A different way to read off the time - A new idea for a binary clock
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2010-06-09 v1
Abstract
A new idea for a binary clock is presented. It displays the time using a triangular array of 15 bits. It is shown that such a geometric, triangular arrangement is only possible because our system of time divisions is based on a sexagesimal system in which the number of minutes in 12 hours equals the factorial of a natural number (720=6!).
Cite
@article{arxiv.1006.1373,
title = {A different way to read off the time - A new idea for a binary clock},
author = {Joerg Pretz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1373},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures