Re: Possreps and numeric types
From: David BL <davidbl_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: 27 Mar 2007 05:29:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1174998548.394522.110800_at_d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
Date: 27 Mar 2007 05:29:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1174998548.394522.110800_at_d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On Mar 26, 1:30 am, "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
> ... because the radius
> is sqrt(1^2+1^2) = sqrt(2) = a transcendental number.
> Since transcendentals have an infinite number of
> nonrepeating digits (think pi) they are not representable
> as a digit sequence in base 2, base 10, or otherwise.
sqrt(2) is irrational but not transcendental.
[snip] Received on Tue Mar 27 2007 - 14:29:08 CEST