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RE: .0123456789 repeating...
April 3, 2015 at 3:45 pm (This post was last modified: April 3, 2015 at 3:46 pm by Norman Humann.)
(April 3, 2015 at 3:44 pm)Alex K Wrote: You forgot to say: deal with it, bitches!

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RE: .0123456789 repeating...
April 3, 2015 at 3:56 pm
I think that is somewhat compressing , when we go from 0.12345679 to 1/81 , the first one we used 10 bytes, the second one we used 4 bytes.

The ultimate mathematical equation/algorithm would be a one that transforms fractions to rational numbers(n/m).

I've been reading alot about data compression lately .
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RE: .0123456789 repeating...
April 3, 2015 at 6:19 pm (This post was last modified: April 3, 2015 at 6:27 pm by FrederickSebastian.)
(April 3, 2015 at 12:51 pm)robvalue Wrote: Try telling a non mathematician that 0.9recurring is 1. That's a long day Tongue

I know, I know... I remember learning that in math class...
(April 3, 2015 at 12:38 pm)Oh Wow, Looks like ur right... lol silly me...robvalue Wrote:
(April 3, 2015 at 12:21 pm)FrederickSebastian Wrote: Hey,

Did anyone else know that the fraction 1/81 is equal to .012345679 repeating?!?! Just a cool fact...  Big Grin ...

Nearly Smile corrected it for you. No 8 in there. Unless my calculator is playing me up!

You only made me go and check it by hand Big Grin

Yup no 8 in there! Crisis averted. Return to your quarters.
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RE: .0123456789 repeating...
April 15, 2015 at 9:12 pm
(April 3, 2015 at 12:51 pm)robvalue Wrote: Try telling a non mathematician that 0.9recurring is 1. That's a long day Tongue

But even a very long day has a least upper bound.

 The 0.0123456789 recurring still interests us.
 
0.0123456789 recurring = 0.0123456789 x (1 + 10^-10 + 10^-20 + ... )
= 0.0123456789 x 1/(1 - 10^-10)
= 123456789/9999999999
= 1/81 - 10/89999999991
 
For not only does 1/81 = 0.012345679 recurring come up with a missing 8 in its blocks, but so does
1/891 = 0.0011223344556677899 recurring (all doublets but the 8 which is single),
1/8991 = 0.00011122233344455566677788999 recurring (all triplets but the 8 which is double),
...and so on.

See Cheer & Goldston for details at http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~goldston/otherpub.pdf  Wink
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April 15, 2015 at 9:34 pm
(April 3, 2015 at 12:21 pm)FrederickSebastian Wrote: Hey,

Did anyone else know that the fraction 1/81 is equal to .0123456789 repeating?!?! Just a cool fact...  Big Grin ...

Someone has been reading about the 'The Equation of Creation'. David Cumming got it wrong too.
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April 16, 2015 at 4:07 pm
(April 3, 2015 at 2:04 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: When I first went to London in the Navy, I heard someone say "maths" for the first time. I was like, "maths? Derp its math."

But my logical brain knew immediately that I had been wrong for 21 years. It's not mathematic, it's mathematics. And so now I say maths. Thank you, rest of the world.

I am working on the SI thing. There is absolutely zero reason for 5280 of anything to be one anything. NO REASON!

Meh. The "One Point Six Kilometer High City" just doesn't have the same ring. Tongue
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