Talk:Ternary computer

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I added links to this article under the following categories:

• Setun
• Ternary logic
• Ternary numeral system
• Balanced Ternary

I'm removing the orphan tag, but it would certainly be worth looking for more places to link from.

[edit] Original Research?

Original research is probably not the correct flag, but in any case I'd like to raise a big question mark about the Balanced Ternary section. At the very least, two's complement should be mentioned for comparison, seeing as it's by far the most commonly used format. Eg, the claim that "These advantages make some calculations more efficient in ternary than binary." doesn't list any examples, or citations. And I would be -very- surprised if there aren't forms of arithmetic that are harder under ternary, yet the statement doesn't indicate any. 124.169.126.167 (talk) 10:46, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Two's complement is not a Ternary number system, its mention would not be at all relevant here. As to the claims made, the literature is rife with supporting documentation. I'll add Dr. Donald Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming", volume 2 ("Seminumerical Algorithms") as being a well known well respected authoritative source. And Knuth has a (somewhat outdated) bibliography. A couple of quick web searches nets me lots of citations so I don't see how this came to be an issue. The balanced ternary page here on wikipedia points at examples and citations. 155.101.224.65 (talk) 19:49, 3 April 2008 (UTC) EDIT: Oh... I don't need to add the reference to Knuth's book, since it was already in the next section, and was already there when the complaint above was made. 155.101.224.65 (talk)