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<https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.2540>
In standard numeral systems
In standard numeral systems, different digits are treated as containing the same amount of information. A 7 stores the same amount of info as a 9, which stores the same amount of info as a 1.
This makes the amount of information a single digit stores *uniform* across all digits. However, that's far from the most efficient way to represent most datasets.
ANS theory is based around the idea that