pi in base 8 is 3.1103755242102643021514230630505557
As according to http://wims.unice.fr/~wims/en_tool~number~baseconv.en.phtml
I had done some research for my world and actually done the same thing,
converted pi, e, and other common irrational numbers to base 8.
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Herman Miller" <hmiller@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:54:43 +0000, Rik Roots <rikroots@...>
> wrote:
>
> >And base 8 may have some advantages over base 10 (I tried working out
> >the value of pi in base 8 - I think it comes out at 3.1111continuing,
> >which [assuming I'm correct, can anyone confirm?] would make some
> >aspects of geometry a little easier to do in your head).
>
> 3.110375524. (Found by multiplying pi by 8^9 and converting to octal. Why
> don't calculators allow fractional numbers in octal or hex?)
>
> Mizarian rat-people use octal because they have eight fingers (three
> fingers and a thumb on each hand). But Nieskloz is a human language, and
it
> also uses octal. I've never given much thought to the fictional reasons
why
> Nieskloz would have developed an octal system of numerals, but I'm sure it
> must have something to do with the fact that I was learning about computer
> programming at the time.
>
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