tx-calculator

A simple program to translate numbers into their Tic-Xenotation (TX) representation.

What is Tic-Xenotation?

TX is a modulus-free numbering system that uses the following rules:

• : for 2
• (n) the nth prime number
• Adjacent symbols are multiplied
• Examples:
  • 9 = 3 * 3 = (2)(2) = (:)(:)
  • 55 = 5 * 11 = (3)(5) = ((2))((3)) = ((:))(((:)))

In this fashion, it is possible to represent every positive integer larger than 1 in TX. 0 and 1 are special cases represented by ((-P)): and (-P): respectively.

Usage

To TX:

$ tx 4872
:::(:)(::)(:((:)))

From TX:

$ tx ((:)(:))(((::)))
1357

Try it out!

$ nix run github:reedrw/tx-calculator -- --help