In aanlktin_kwrunbcukbyiey5tsmvcjt65nibtb9spp...@mail.gmail.com, on
05/04/2010
at 06:18 PM, zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com said:
I believe transcendental numbers are a subset of irrationals is a valid
statement, but it sure *sounds* like 1970s psychobabble!
And RBI doesn't?
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On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net shmuel%2bibm-m...@patriot.net wrote:
And RBI doesn't?
Runs Batted In? Reserve Bank of India? Repetitive Brain Injury?
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On Tue, 4 May 2010 09:55:21 -0500, McKown, John wrote:
Numbers like sqrt(2) are irrational, i.e., not expressible as
a fraction having an integer numerator and denominator.
Numbers like pi and e are transcendental. They are a very
different kettle of fish.
So you're saying that a
On 4 May 2010 08:11:31 -0700, paulgboul...@aim.com (Paul Gilmartin)
wrote:
I perceive intense agreement here, subject to paraphrase. Yes,
proper subset, so John might have more clearly stated, smaller
kettle of fish. All real numbers are either algebraic or
transcendental; mutually exclusive.
On Tue, 4 May 2010 09:27:22 -0600, Howard Brazee wrote:
On 4 May 2010 08:11:31 -0700, (Paul Gilmartin) wrote:
My intuition tells me algebraic numbers are countable, but I'll
welcome a more informed correction. (That was either a guess
on something I know, or a question about what I don't know.)
On 4 May 2010 08:42:50 -0700, paulgboul...@aim.com (Paul Gilmartin)
wrote:
3. Numbers that we cannot represent, such as e or pi.
FSVO cannot. Both e and pi are readily represented as sums
of infinite series.
Which may or may not be useful in our computations.
FSVO cannot. Both e and pi are readily represented as sums of infinite
series.
Plus, they can be represented on a computer to the precision of the bits in the
hardware.
Is that enough?
BTW, transendental numbers are a subset of irrationals.
If a number can be represented as a fraction (a
I believe transcendental numbers are a subset of irrationals is a valid
statement, but it sure *sounds* like 1970s psychobabble! Like, man...
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