Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey
| From: | Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 20, 2001, 3:06 |
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Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote:
> Dennis Paul Himes wrote:
> >Pi minus 3 is approximately 1/7, so base eight is
> >going to give you the closest expansion to 3.11111....
>
> I don't really see how I'm wrong. Are you assuming we stick to integer
> bases?
Yes, I was. My mistake.
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