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A question of numbers (one for the maths fans)

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jar

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Message 57 of 215 (325510)
06-23-2006 11:32 PM

Reply to: Message 56 by kuresu
06-23-2006 11:27 PM

Re: yum yum

Well, the Egyptians and babylonians did write Pi as a series of fractions, and worked quite well with them.

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Message 68 of 215 (325526)
06-24-2006 12:07 AM

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06-23-2006 11:59 PM

Re: Saucy numbers

∞

peek for the code.

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Message 71 of 215 (325529)
06-24-2006 12:11 AM

Reply to: Message 70 by riVeRraT
06-24-2006 12:08 AM

Great Rat.

My problem is I do not understand recursion yet.

Another immense step. Way to go, sir.

After that, ask them to explain why parallel lines meet and non-parallel lines cross twice.

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Message 78 of 215 (325537)
06-24-2006 12:20 AM

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06-24-2006 12:16 AM

Re: Great Rat.

actually in this case Rat all "..." means is that the digit is repeated indefinitely. So 9.999... - 0.999... actually is a valid notation.

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