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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•10 months agoFloating point is a consequence of physical computerr being finite not using binary.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoCounter-counter-counterpoint: pi in base-pi can be written in one digit
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•edit-210 months agoIn that case decimal is flawed too, 0.6667 or any such approxination doesnt exactly equal 2/3. It technically happens in any number system where you are dividing by a prime that isnt part of either the base or the number being divided
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoCounterpoint 1: 0.6̇ (Unicode does not support numbers with overdots correctly) Counterpoint 2: 2/3
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•10 months agoIt won’t work with irrational numbers, or transcendental numbers even if you allow things like √2. But honestly I have no idea what the point of this conversation even is
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•10 months agoCounter-counterpoint: Display the exact value of pi with 64 digits in any base N number system.
Counterpoint: Floating-point inaccuracies.
Floating point is a consequence of physical computerr being finite not using binary.
Counter-counter-counterpoint: pi in base-pi can be written in one digit
In that case decimal is flawed too, 0.6667 or any such approxination doesnt exactly equal 2/3. It technically happens in any number system where you are dividing by a prime that isnt part of either the base or the number being divided
Counterpoint 1:
0.6̇(Unicode does not support numbers with overdots correctly)Counterpoint 2:
2/3It won’t work with irrational numbers, or transcendental numbers even if you allow things like √2.
But honestly I have no idea what the point of this conversation even is
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Counter-counterpoint:
Display the exact value of pi with 64 digits in any base N number system.