3.14etc is certainly ONE way of expressing the irrational number we call "pi".
Is it the only way of expressing that number?
Please think about my question some more ... first contact with an alien species (if such even exist) will require that we not make unwarranted assumptions about them.
‘ONE way’
Granted...Base this, that or the other....Nevertheless, I assume the first ‘contact’ will be a ‘signal’ and pi, i whatever base, will be universal..and a sign of understanding...
Might be the equivalent of millennials:
"Like, math is HARD, dude!"
So you’re saying they would use a different base, but still use Hindu numerals? Why would you think that? It’s absurd.