<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A new idea for a binary clock is presented. It displays the time using a triangular array of 15 lamps each representing a certain amount of time. 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 num- ber of minutes in 12 hours equals the factorial of a natural number (720 = 6!). An interactive applet allows one to “play” with the clock.</p></abstract>

A new idea for a binary clock is presented. It displays the time using a triangular array of 15 lamps each representing a certain amount of time. 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 num- ber of minutes in 12 hours equals the factorial of a natural number (720 = 6!). An interactive applet allows one to “play” with the clock.

The Triangular Binary Clock

III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University

Recreational Mathematics Magazine

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A new idea for a binary clock is presented. It displays the time using a triangular array of 15 lamps each representing a certain amount of time. It is shown...

The Triangular Binary Clock

Published Online: Apr 14, 2016

Page range: 5 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rmm-2016-0001

Keywords
binary, clock, time, sexagesimal system

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Triangular Binary Clock

Published Online: Apr 14, 2016

Page range: 5 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rmm-2016-0001

Keywordsbinary, clock, time, sexagesimal system

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
binary, clock, time, sexagesimal system