Basis Representation is No Longer than Number

Theorem

Let $b > 1$ and $n > 0$ be natural numbers.

Let the base-$b$ representation of $n$ be:

$\sqbrk {r_m r_{m - 1} \dotsm r_1 r_0}_b$

Then:

$n > m$

Proof

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