Golden Ratio Base - Writing Golden Ratio Base Numbers in Standard Form

Writing Golden Ratio Base Numbers in Standard Form

211.01φ is not a standard base-φ numeral, since it contains a "11" and a "2", which isn't a "0" or "1", and contains a 1=-1, which isn't a "0" or "1" either.

To "standardize" a numeral, we can use the following substitutions: 011φ = 100φ, 0200φ = 1001φ and 010φ = 101φ. We can apply the substitutions in any order we like, as the result is the same. Below, the substitutions used are on the right, the resulting number on the left.

211.01φ 300.01φ 011φ → 100φ 1101.01φ 0200φ → 1001φ 10001.01φ 011φ → 100φ (again) 10001.101φ 010φ → 101φ 10000.011φ 010φ → 101φ (again) 10000.1φ 011φ → 100φ (again)

Any positive number with a non-standard terminating base-φ representation can be uniquely standardized in this manner. If we get to a point where all digits are "0" or "1", except for the first digit being negative, then the number is negative. This can be converted to the negative of a base-φ representation by negating every digit, standardizing the result, and then marking it as negative. For example, use a minus sign, or some other significance to denote negative numbers. If the arithmetic is being performed on a computer, an error message may be returned.

Note that when adding the digits "9" and "1", the result is a single digit "(10)", "A" or similar, as we are not working in decimal.

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