Quaternary System (IMAGE)
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While the binary code used in our current computers is made of 0s and 1s. A quaternary system, like the one proposed by IBS scientists, consists of four digits (0, 1, 2 and -1) and would allow more operations. The researchers modeled solitons addiction. For example, a soliton represented by the number 2, and another one represented by the number 1 can be added to form a new soliton (n. -1). Indeed, in this 4-base system, 2+1 makes -1, and it is easy to understand why if you imagine a small and circular "game of the goose" where you move clockwise (or anticlockwise) depending on the number you get by rolling a four-sided die containing the numbers 0, 1, 2 and -1. If you are in the box n. 2 and you get n. 1 on the dice, you are going to reach the -1 square.
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