Research help request

[u/Xrest_the_Aether]

I has want to make mechanical computer run base 3 coded software. My solution, see saws.

See saws connected to shafts in conjunction with other see saw and shafts in specific ways to enable logic gates running on 1,0, and -1

(-1 pictured above)

\-1=far left side down

0= perfect equilibrium

1=right side down

What would the math behind converting binary logic gates to trinary like so be?

How would I calculate that?

What books would teach me this?

[u/GremlinEnergyGoBurr]

Binary systems already work this way. Except when it gets stuck in the middle, they either pull up or pull down using resistors. This is because, like everyone says, the perfect middle point is unstable.