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Technically correct, the best kind of correct (gregtech.eu)
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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How about just 0 and 1? They didn't specify what base.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Could also say pi is just 10 in base π

[–] C126 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What's 9 in base pi?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

9 (the base pi number) doesn't exist because all digits must be less than pi. 9 (the base 10 number) is apparently roughly 22.2021120021 in base pi.

Edit: a bit of explanation for that last one, it's because 2π + 2 + 2/π + 2/π^3^ + 1/π^4^ ≈ 8.99

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Technically they didn't specify what number their use of the symbol '9' represents!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

They wanted to know how to represent 6, but displayed upside down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

would all integers necessarily be irrational in base π?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Except for 0, 1, 2, 3.

Integers are necessarily irrational because π is transcendental and not an algebraic number.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

how are you defining irrational? the definition i know is not base dependent.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

'matematician'

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

If you wanted it spelled right, you should have talked to an englisher

[–] funkless_eck 5 points 4 days ago

matematician

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

a matematician specializes in palgebra

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is the decimal point a digit, or a character?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A character

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Must be - a digit would be beside the point here.